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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
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182 cm
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205 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
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
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demian Bustamante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bustamante fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saint lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bustamante looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
Saint drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Saint creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Bustamante sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Saint throws a strike aimed at the side of Bustamante's head but Bustamante avoids it well.
Saint working the strikes but Bustamante uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Saint is nestled in close to Bustamante, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bustamante moves into full guard.
Bustamante has his hands on Saint's head, controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bustamante wants to stand up but Saint is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint wants to control from the top but Bustamante keeps moving.
Saint tries to free his leg and advance position but Bustamante is retaining full guard.
Bustamante being controlled here, momentarily.
Saint missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Saint trying to control but Bustamante is working from the bottom.
Bustamante keeping full guard, as Saint tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bustamante feints and then cracks Saint's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saint down.
Saint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bustamante moves away from the strike by Saint.
Saint shoots in looking for a takedown. Bustamante tries to sprawl out of it but Saint keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bustamante manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Saint has a takedown stuffed.
Bustamante throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Saint sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bustamante.
Saint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bustamante.
Saint throws a hook but Bustamante blocks it.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bustamante sprawls well. Bustamante wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Saint gets slowly back to his feet.
Demian Bustamante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Bustamante defending well as Saint loads up on a big left hand.
Demian Bustamante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bustamante is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bustamante fails with an attempt to 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.
Saint shoots for a double leg takedown but Bustamante sprawls well. He's pushed Saint's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bustamante dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saint. That did some damage!
Saint shoots for a double leg takedown but Bustamante sprawls well. He's pushed Saint's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bustamante swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Bustamante takes one to the chin there.
Bustamante thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Saint if he has to take too many more of those.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bustamante as he jumps to the side.
Bustamante throws a lazy right hand but Saint sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Saint misses with a takedown attempt - Bustamante sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Bustamante dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bustamante fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bustamante uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Bustamante.
Bustamante slips a jab from Saint.
Bustamante misses the jab.
Saint lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bustamante at a distance.
Bustamante takes a swing at Saint's ribcage but misses.
Bustamante lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bustamante throws a right hand that Saint ducks under and follows up with a left that Saint also avoids with ease.
Bustamante misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bustamante slips a jab and a cross from Saint.
A clash of legs there as Saint blocks the low kick.
Saint misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bustamante throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Bustamante fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bustamante missing with a left hand there. Saint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saint tries for a takedown but Bustamante sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bustamante lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Saint is breathing heavily.
Bustamante scores with a hook to the body. Saint takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante pivots, looking for a leg kick but Saint is out of range and Bustamante settles back down.
Bustamante tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saint swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Demian Bustamante is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bustamante throws a shot from downtown. Saint moves away and avoids it.
Bustamante throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bustamante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Saint paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Saint gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bustamante bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bustamante but Bustamante pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bustamante connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante throws a right and a left that both miss.
Donk. Saint catches Bustamante right on the button with a cross.
Bustamante throws a series of punches but Saint moves out of range.
Bustamante gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Saint blocks an elbow strike.
Bustamante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bustamante tries to work over Saint's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hand to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saint.
Bustamante lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bustamante lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Bustamante fails to land.
Stalling in the clinch from Bustamante.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante misses with an elbow over the top.
Bustamante working aggressively here.
Saint blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Saint fails to pull guard.
Demian Bustamante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Bustamante throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Saint blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Bustamante scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bustamante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bustamante tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bustamante working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bustamante throws a punch but it's blocked by Saint.
Bustamante looking to stall.
Saint tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bustamante just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bustamante throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saints head.
Saint tries to pull guard but Bustamante holds him up against the cage and eventually Saint drops back down to his feet.
Bustamante trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Bustamante dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bustamante.
Saint avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bustamante throws a hook but Saint blocks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Saint darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice shot lands for Saint.
Demian Bustamante is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bustamante misses with a looping left.
Saint shoots for a takedown but Bustamante saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Saint fails to land the takedown.
Bustamante throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Saint gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bustamante as he avoids it easily.
Demian Bustamante has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jensen Saint.
Bustamante tries to clinch but Saint moves out of range.
Bustamante bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bustamante pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bustamante slips a jab from Saint.
The crowd cheers as Bustamante lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saint doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante throws a right and a left that Saint avoids nicely.
Saint stuns Bustamante with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bustamante is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bustamante scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bustamante throws a combination that misses
and Saint counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Saint chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bustamante throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bustamante clinches but Saint breaks the clinch
and Saint cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Bustamante.
A chopping leg kick lands by Saint.
Saint blocks the body kick.
Bustamante scores with a hook.
Bustamante clinches but Saint breaks the clinch
and Saint counters with a stiff right hand.
Bustamante throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Bustamante thows a left - swing and a miss!
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bustamante.
Bustamante tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Saint makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint with a hook.
A combination from Bustamante does no damage.
Jensen Saint has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bustamante leaves Saint with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bustamante slips a jab and a cross from Saint.
Jab, jab by Saint - just one landing.
Saint throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bustamante counters with a nice kick to the body.
Saint moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Saint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jensen Saint.
I think Bustamante has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Demian Bustamante!
Demian Bustamante wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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