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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Syrian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gemini Forrest (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Syrian Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gemini Forrest!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Forrest does it's job there.
Gemini Forrest seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Forrest throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Forrest closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Forrest breaks from the clinch.
Forrest moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Forrest shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Forrest.
Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Forrest throws out the jab.
Forrest misses with a jab, cross combination.
Forrest connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Forrest tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Forrest sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Forrest lands a glancing blow to the side of Santos's head.
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!
Forrest moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Forrest fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Forrest.
Forrest lands a right hand.
Forrest's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos slips under a jab from Forrest.
Forrest misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santos.
Forrest clinches up against the cage.
Forrest breaks the clinch.
Santos moves away from the strike by Forrest.
Forrest throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Forrest defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos slips a jab from Forrest.
Forrest moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos is working for takedown but Forrest is calmly controlling the position for now.
Forrest lands a shot to the body.
Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Forrest pulls his leg out and moves away.
Forrest lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Forrest misses the target.
Forrest lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Santos at a distance.
Forrest moves into the clinch successfully.
Forrest pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Forrest swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos stalks Forrest and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Forrest's face. Forrest staggers backwards, shaken.
Forrest might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Forrest counters with a straight right hand.
Forrest throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos wants to clinch up but Forrest keeps it at a distance.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Forrest.
Forrest connects with a nice looking jab.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Forrest defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Forrest has taken the fight to the clinch.
Forrest pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Forrest stuffs the takedown.
Santos is breathing heavily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Forrest lands with a left to the head.
Forrest blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Forrest lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Forrest breaks the clinch.
Forrest throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forrest cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.
Forrest misses with a straight left.
Santos wants to clinch.
Forrest scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
Forrest closes the distance and clinches.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Forrest gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Forrest breaks the clinch.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos wants to clinch up but Forrest keeps it at a distance.
Forrest connects with a jab.
Forrest scores with a punch to the head.
Gemini Forrest is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Forrest moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Forrest gets a clinch.
A short right from Forrest on the inside.
Forrest is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Forrest down to the mat. Forrest avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Santos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Forrest pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forrest swinging wildly here.
Santos clinches but Forrest breaks the clinch
and Forrest holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Santos. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Forrest clinches with his opponent.
Forrest stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Forrest breaks the clinch.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Forrest lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Forrest.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Forrest escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos defending well as Forrest loads up on a big left hand.
Forrest looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gemini Forrest dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Forrest tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Forrest gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Forrest wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.
Santos is trying to drag Forrest to the mat but Forrest just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Forrest rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Forrest breaks the clinch.
Forrest wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Forrest counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Forrest.
Santos is looking to clinch but Forrest is avoiding it.
Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Forrest counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Forrest counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Forrest just stands there and leans against the cage.
Forrest softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Forrest manages to break the clinch.
Forrest throws the left hand but Santos avoids the punch easily.
Forrest moves into the clinch.
Santos pulls guard effortlessly.
Forrest tries to stand but Santos is controlling from the bottom.
Forrest is breathing heavily.
Forrest stops Santos from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Forrest is looking to stand up but Santos won't let him.
Santos wants to stand and escape but Forrest is having none of it.
Forrest wants to stand but Santos is controlling his posture from full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Forrest counters by clinching up.
Forrest lands with a light punch inside.
Forrest prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Forrest manages to break the clinch.
Forrest throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Forrest as he jumps to the side.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Forrest loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Forrest swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forrest instigates a clinch.
Forrest softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Forrest pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Forrest sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Syrian Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santos closes the distance but Forrest moves to the side
and Forrest holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Forrest pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gemini Forrest seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Forrest throws a low kick but it's checked well by Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Forrest throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
Santos tries to clinch there but Forrest circles away.
Forrest misses with a straight left.
Forrest moves into the clinch successfully.
Forrest pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Forrest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos wants to clinch
enabling Forrest to counter with a crisp jab.
Forrest lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Forrest throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Forrest darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Forrest gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Forrest is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Forrest down to the mat. Forrest avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Forrest misses with a straight left.
Forrest fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gemini Forrest showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Forrest's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Forrest swings for the body but Santos moves out of range.
Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Santos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Forrest sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Forrest falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Santos trying to control but Forrest is working from the bottom.
Forrest is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Santos dives into side control.
Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Forrest, who protects the arm well.
Forrest wants to get back to his feet but Santos drags him back down.
Forrest has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Forrest is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forrest is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Forrest is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Santos tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Forrest is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Forrest circles away.
Forrest throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
That's two 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.
Santos tries to clinch up but Forrest circles away and keeps his distance.
Forrest wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Forrest avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Forrest looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Forrest pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Forrest tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Forrest manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Forrest throws a push kick but Santos slaps the foot to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Forrest looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Syrian Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Forrest.
Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Forrest.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forrest throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santos on the side of the head.
Forrest clinches with his opponent.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos throws a leg kick but Forrest sees it coming and moves out of range.
Forrest uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santos.
Forrest looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Forrest throws a big shot that misses.
Forrest tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Forrest misses the body punch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Forrest throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily.
Forrest instigates a clinch.
Forrest is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Forrest breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Forrest circles away from the clinch attempt.
Forrest displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Santos wants to clinch up but Forrest keeps it at a distance.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Forrest paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Forrest misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Forrest will be more careful next time no doubt.
Syrian Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos tries to clinch but Forrest moves away
and Forrest holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Santos misses with some punches.
Forrest blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Forrest.
Forrest stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Forrest avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos wants a takedown but no success here.
Forrest escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Forrest has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Forrest's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Forrest misses the jab.
Gemini Forrest is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Forrest breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos looks to land a combination but Forrest avoids it well.
Forrest closes the distance and clinches.
Santos misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Syrian Santos.
I think Forrest has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 27:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gemini Forrest!
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