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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and van chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying chan's choice of entrance music: tubthumping. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Igor Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, van chan!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana misses with a series of wild punches.
chan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santana swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
chan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santana circles away quickly and effectively.
chan closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santana is trying to stand up here but chan is controlling him well.
chan trying to pass the guard but Santana defending well.
chan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Santana is trying to defend against the ground and pound but chan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Santana tries to kick chan off but chan keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
chan trying to pass the guard but Santana defending well.
chan stops Santana from getting back to his feet.
chan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
chan seems to be working for a kimura but Santana defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana is staying active underneath chan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Santana is trying to stand up here but chan is controlling him well.
Santana won't allow chan to pass to mount.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
chan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Santana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santana falls off balance throwing a combination
and chan counters with a single leg into guard. Santana didn't expect that.
Santana wants to get back to his feet but chan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
chan is working Santana over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Santana wants to get back to his feet but chan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Santana is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
chan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santana swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
chan content to stall in guard here.
chan prevents Santana from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
chan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Santana throws a left and a right that both miss
and chan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
chan drops back looking for a leg! Santana is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Santana manages to kick chan off! chan jumps back into Santana's guard.
chan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santana wants to stand and escape but chan is having none of it.
chan wants to control from the top but Santana keeps moving.
Santana being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
chan scoring with some ground and pound.
Santana wants to get back to his feet but chan is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
chan passes Santana's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
chan is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
chan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Santana is defending against the submission attempts here by chan.
chan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Santana does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santana pushes chan off looking to stand but chan dives back in and keeps control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. chan lands a nice short elbow.
Santana wants to get back to his feet.
Santana trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santana looks to land a combination but chan avoids it well.
chan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santana stuffs the takedown attempt from chan. chan gets slowly back to his feet.
Santana throws a right hand that chan ducks under and follows up with a left that chan also avoids with ease.
chan gets a takedown into half guard.
Santana looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
van chan 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.
Santana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Santana.
Santana throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
chan dodges the punch combination from Santana.
Santana swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and chan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by chan.
Santana wants to stand but chan is controlling the position.
chan looking to pass the guard.
chan trying to control the position from guard on top but Santana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
van chan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
chan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
chan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
chan won't allow Santana to get back to his feet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santana swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and chan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santana's guard.
chan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santana swivels though and keeps the full guard.
chan trying to control but Santana is working from the bottom.
Santana is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst chan is controlling him.
chan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
chan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santana swivels though and keeps the full guard.
chan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Santana pushes chan off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana misses with the combination.
Santana misses with a double jab
and chan counters with a takedown into side control.
Santana is not content to let chan control the position.
Santana sneaks out the side door and pushes chan away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
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!
A combination from Santana does no damage.
Santana lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but chan circles away quickly and effectively.
Santana misses with a double jab
and chan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santana's guard.
chan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
chan is pushing down on Santana's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santana is fighting to maintain full guard but chan has managed to sneak the leg through.
Santana is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
chan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
chan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
chan is keen to just control but Santana is a slippery customer.
Santana is trying to defend against the ground and pound but chan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Santana is looking to escape.
Santana on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santana is trying to stand.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Santana. No joy for chan on that attempt.
Santana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
chan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santana as he jumps to the side.
Santana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
chan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santana sprawls well. Santana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. chan gets slowly back to his feet.
Igor Santana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of van chan.
Santana throws a combination that misses
and chan counters with a shoot takedown. Santana fights it but they end up in guard.
chan trying to control the position from guard on top but Santana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
chan prevents Santana from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
van chan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
chan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Santana was covering up waiting for the punch and chan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Santana scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santana throws a right and a left that chan avoids nicely.
chan throws a series of punches but Santana avoids them all with ease.
chan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santana!
chan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Santana really wants to buck chan off and get back to his feet.
Santana is trying to stand but he's just given chan his back.
chan working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Santana is doing well to defend. chan seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Santana is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). van chan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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