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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nelio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Tanahasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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149 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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167 cm
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145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nelio dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koji Tanahasi!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanahasi swinging wildly here.
dos Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Tanahasi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tanahasi.
Tanahasi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around dos Santos's waist but dos Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tanahasi off to one side.
Tanahasi throws a leg kick but dos Santos checks it.
Tanahasi throws a right hand that dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Tanahasi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A bone on bone clash there as dos Santos blocks the leg kick.
dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tanahasi fails to land with a series of punches.
Tanahasi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Tanahasi.
Tanahasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tanahasi.
Tanahasi throws a sloppy head kick
and dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tanahasi will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tanahasi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanahasi has dos Santos pulled in close to control his posture.
dos Santos passes Tanahasi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
dos Santos uses his free foot to push down on Tanahasi's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tanahasi.
Tanahasi taking shots to the head.
Tanahasi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by dos Santos.
dos Santos looking to control but Tanahasi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
dos Santos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanahasi regains half guard.
dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tanahasi keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
dos Santos slows the pace down in half guard.
dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanahasi is looking for a sweep. dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tanahasi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
dos Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
dos Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
dos Santos in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Tanahasi tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from dos Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nelio dos Santos!
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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
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