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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romnick Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Harper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Romnick Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Harper!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by Harper or perhaps it was just good defense by Santiago which made him look bad.
Santiago falls off balance throwing a combination
and Harper counters with a straight right hand.
Santiago throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harper clinches up against the cage.
Harper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santiago's efforts to push away.
Harper prevents Santiago from breaking the clinch.
Santiago escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harper checks a low kick from Santiago.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harper throws a right hand that Santiago ducks under and follows up with a left that Santiago also avoids with ease.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santiago.
Harper misses with the combination.
Harper steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Santiago. That one must have hurt.
Harper dodges the punch combination from Santiago.
Harper has Santiago up against the cage in a clinch.
Harper keeps control of Santiago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago breaks from the clinch.
Santiago connects with a solid leg kick.
Harper fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Harper misses with a body shot.
Santiago throws a series of punches but Harper avoids them all with ease.
Santiago takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santiago wants to clinch.
Harper throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Harper looks gassed!
Santiago with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Santiago misses with a kick to the body.
Santiago throws a head kick that Harper semi-blocks.
Santiago swinging wildly here.
Santiago looks to land a body kick but Harper moved away.
Romnick Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santiago feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harper's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santiago scores with a one two! Harper had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Harper counter with a right hand.
Harper walks forward, straight into a front kick from Santiago.
Harper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santiago throws a leg kick which misses Harper's front leg but catches the back leg as Harper tries to avoid it.
Santiago throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Harper sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Harper blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Santiago lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santiago clinches with his opponent.
Santiago wants to get back to striking at distance but Harper won't allow it.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santiago feints and then cracks Harper's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Harper down.
Santiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Good leg kick by Santiago there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Santiago clinches up with Harper and pushes him back against the cage.
Santiago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harper takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santiago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harper takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Harper takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Harper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Santiago looks to land a combination. Harper sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Santiago.
Santiago connects with a solid leg kick.
Santiago throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Santiago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santiago lands a nice looking body shot.
Santiago looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santiago tries to clinch but Harper moves out of range.
Santiago swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santiago scores with a spinning back kick!
Santiago is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Santiago scores with a leg kick.
Harper misses with a double jab
and Santiago counters with a nice leg kick.
Santiago lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harper will feel that in the morning.
Santiago throws a head kick but Harper moves out of range.
Santiago thows a body kick. Harper tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Santiago doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harper clinches up against the cage.
Santiago pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harper throws a sloppy head kick and Santiago moves out of range easily.
Harper bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Harper misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Harper slows the pace down.
Santiago is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romnick Santiago dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Harper closes the distance and pushes Santiago back into the cage.
Santiago wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harper just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santiago's brow.
Harper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santiago's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santiago throws a sloppy head kick and Harper moves out of range easily.
Harper shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Santiago swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Harper counters by clinching up.
A frustrated look appears on Santiago's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Harper is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short uppercut from Harper.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harper is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Santiago has had enough of the clinch but Harper keeps him there for the moment.
Harper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Harper has him pressed against the cage.
Santiago prevents Harper from breaking the clinch.
Santiago is trying to force a seperation but Harper has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harper has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Santiago uses from the top position.
Santiago loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Harper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Harper lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Santiago!
Harper won't let Santiago get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Harper has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Harper misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Santiago is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Santiago is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Harper content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harper throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Santiago because Harper loaded up on that one.
Harper with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Harper throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Santiago is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Harper throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Harper looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Santiago is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Harper throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Santiago really wants to buck Harper off and get back to his feet.
Santiago is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Harper looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harper looking to finish with strikes here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harper trying to control but Santiago is having none of it.
Santiago wants to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Harper thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Harper has hold of Santiago's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Santiago manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Harper showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Santiago's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Santiago misses with a head kick.
Santiago slips a jab and a cross from Harper.
Harper closes the distance and clinches.
Santiago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santiago manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Santiago.
Santiago tries a head kick but it misses.
Santiago pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Harper has a takedown stuffed.
Santiago explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santiago throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santiago throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harper blocks a head kick by Santiago.
Santiago dodges the punch combination from Harper.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago lets loose with a powerful body kick. Harper will feel that in the morning.
Santiago scores with a leg kick.
Harper dives in and grabs Santiago's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santiago pushes down on Harper's head and hops out.
Santiago waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Harper.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santiago, right into the meat.
Santiago closes the distance but Harper moves to the side
and Harper moves into the clinch.
Santiago working hard to break the clinch.
Harper has Santiago pressed against the cage, preventing Santiago from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santiago wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harper pulls guard effortlessly.
Harper pulls Santiago in close to prevent any damage.
Santiago gets to his feet - Harper follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago misses with a double jab
and Harper connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Harper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santiago.
Harper fails with a takedown attempt.
Romnick Santiago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Harper.
Harper closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santiago counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Santiago pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago pushes Harper away with a front kick.
Harper has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Santiago.
Harper is looking to score with low kicks.
Harper avoids the head kick by Santiago.
Santiago stuffs the takedown attempt from Harper. Harper gets slowly back to his feet.
Harper misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harper moves into range and clinches up with Santiago.
Santiago tries to circle away but Harper has him pinned against the cage.
Santiago tries to break the clinch but Harper is controlling the position.
Harper wants a takedown.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santiago lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Romnick Santiago is winning the standup battle so far.
Harper chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santiago can pounce on him.
Harper tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santiago swivels and escapes.
Harper dodges the punch combination from Santiago.
A good leg kick by Santiago.
Santiago pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Harper closes the distance and pushes Santiago back into the cage.
Harper fails to pull guard.
Santiago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harper ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Harper no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago postures up in Harper's guard and throws a big left but Harper blocks it.
Santiago throws a big right hand that misses.
Santiago trying to stand up but can't free himself from Harper's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harper looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santiago is one step ahead there.
Harper is working an open guard so Santiago takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Romnick Santiago is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harper misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Santiago is looking to chop away at Harper's legs.
Harper misses with a straight left.
Santiago misses with a low kick.
Santiago swats away the attempt to clinch by Harper.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romnick Santiago showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Santiago 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romnick Santiago!
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energy
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hype
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