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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johny Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Descartes dos Santos comes into the arena with Here Comes the Boom - Nelly blaring out of the sound system. El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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164 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johny Jones!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Descartes dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Descartes dos Santos looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Descartes dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Descartes dos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Jones shoots for a takedown but Descartes dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Descartes dos Santos leaves Jones with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johny Jones.
Jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Descartes dos Santos keeps working.
Jones is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Descartes dos Santos tries to improve position but can't.
Jones has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Descartes dos Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Descartes dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Descartes dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Descartes dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
Poor strikes thrown by Descartes dos Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Descartes dos Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jones is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Descartes dos Santos unloads with some shots from mount but Jones bucks and avoids them well.
Jones blocking the ground and pound.
Descartes dos Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones tries to hold on but Descartes dos Santos pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Descartes dos Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Descartes dos Santos lands with some strikes.
Descartes dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Descartes dos Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Descartes dos Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
Descartes dos Santos lands a heavy elbow.
Jones taking shots to the head.
Descartes dos Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Descartes dos Santos landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Descartes dos Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
Descartes dos Santos lands a big shot there that rocks Jones but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Descartes dos Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Descartes dos Santos .
Descartes dos Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Descartes dos Santos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Descartes dos Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Descartes dos Santos .
Jones tries to hold on but Descartes dos Santos postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Descartes dos Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Descartes dos Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Descartes dos Santos landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Descartes dos Santos .
Descartes dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.
Descartes dos Santos landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
Descartes dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Descartes dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Descartes dos Santos really felt that one!
Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Descartes dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Descartes dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jones wants to control but Descartes dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Jones trying to mount his opponent but Descartes dos Santos defends it.
Descartes dos Santos flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Descartes dos Santos landing rabbit punches to the side of Jones's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos punching from the bottom.
Jones blocks the strikes from Descartes dos Santos .
Descartes dos Santos is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Descartes dos Santos gets full guard.
Descartes dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones is looking to stand up but Descartes dos Santos won't let him.
Descartes dos Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Descartes dos Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Descartes dos Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Descartes dos Santos distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Descartes dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Descartes dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Descartes dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Descartes dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Descartes dos Santos won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Descartes dos Santos .
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Descartes dos Santos pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Descartes dos Santos . No joy for Jones on that attempt.
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johny Jones.
Descartes dos Santos misses with a combination
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Descartes dos Santos really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Descartes dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Descartes dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Descartes dos Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Descartes dos Santos tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Descartes dos Santos drops back down to his feet.
Jones keeps control of Descartes dos Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jones tries to pull guard but Descartes dos Santos won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Descartes dos Santos .
A left hand lands to the body for Descartes dos Santos .
Descartes dos Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Descartes dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jones's half guard.
Jones is looking to escape.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Descartes dos Santos .
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Descartes dos Santos .
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Descartes dos Santos working Jones over with strikes.
Descartes dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
Descartes dos Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jones showed some decent athleticism there.
Descartes dos Santos kicks off Jones and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Descartes dos Santos 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Descartes dos Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Descartes dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Descartes dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Descartes dos Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Descartes dos Santos uses from the top position.
Descartes dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Descartes dos Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Descartes dos Santos is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Descartes dos Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Descartes dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Descartes dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Descartes dos Santos is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Descartes dos Santos 's guard. Nice move by Jones!
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Descartes dos Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Descartes dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Descartes dos Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Descartes dos Santos striking off his back but it's not causing Jones any problems.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Descartes dos Santos throws some shots to the body, keeping his opponent honest.
Jones wants to control from the top but Descartes dos Santos keeps moving.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Descartes dos Santos backs up against the cage.
Descartes dos Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Descartes dos Santos landing shots from mount.
Jones wants to control but Descartes dos Santos is having none of it.
Descartes dos Santos landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Descartes dos Santos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Descartes dos Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Descartes dos Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Descartes dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones wants to hold on but Descartes dos Santos pushes him away.
Descartes dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Descartes dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Descartes dos Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Descartes dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Descartes dos Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Descartes dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Descartes dos Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Descartes dos Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Descartes dos Santos with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Descartes dos Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Descartes dos Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Descartes dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Jones tries to buck Descartes dos Santos off but he can't manage it.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Descartes dos Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Johny Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Descartes dos Santos controlling from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Descartes dos Santos , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... El Munoz Thiago Descartes dos Santos !
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