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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Great Mojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geronimo Dos Santos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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290 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Geronimo Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Great Mojo!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mojo misses with a straight left.
Nice body kick there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos scores with a punch to the head.
Mojo closes the distance and clinches.
Mojo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mojo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos throws out a leg kick but Mojo moves out of range and Dos Santos only half commits.
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Oooh a lovely combination from Dos Santos sends Mojo down but not out. Dos Santos dives into side control looking to finish.
It looks like Great Mojo has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mojo is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Dos Santos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
An elbow from Dos Santos crashes against the mat.
Dos Santos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mojo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Dos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dos Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mojo counters with a shoot takedown. Dos Santos fights it but they end up in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mojo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Mojo thows a big elbow that misses.
Mojo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mojo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mojo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mojo tries to stand but Dos Santos is controlling from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dos Santos is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos drops back looking for a leg! Mojo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Mojo manages to kick Dos Santos off! Dos Santos jumps back into Mojo's guard.
Mojo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mojo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Mojo wants to stand and escape but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dos Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Mojo blocks nicely.
Mojo is adopting a defensive guard.
Mojo working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mojo was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Mojo was well out of range.
Mojo closes the distance and clinches.
Mojo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mojo moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos jumps guard but Mojo stands there with Dos Santos around his waist. Dos Santos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mojo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mojo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a left to the body.
Geronimo Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dos Santos moves away from the strike by Mojo.
Mojo scores with a jab.
Dos Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by Mojo.
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Mojo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Mojo blocks it.
Mojo throws a hook to the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dos Santos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mojo on the side of the head.
Dos Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mojo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mojo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dos Santos.
Mojo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Dos Santos takes a step back to recover.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mojo misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mojo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A big left from Mojo misses.
Mojo circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Mojo counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mojo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mojo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mojo tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geronimo Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Great Mojo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mojo thumps Dos Santos with a low kick.
Mojo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick.
Mojo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dos Santos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Mojo scores with a push kick.
Mojo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mojo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mojo rushes Dos Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Mojo breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Mojo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dos Santos doesn't seem phased though.
Geronimo Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Mojo moves away
and Mojo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
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!
Mojo not doing much here.
Dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mojo prevents Dos Santos from improving his position.
Mojo wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Mojo passes to full mount!
Dos Santos taking shots to the head.
Mojo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mojo wants to control the pace but Dos Santos is squirming around nicely.
Mojo 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 is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mojo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mojo.
Dos Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mojo won't let Dos Santos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Mojo landing strikes from the mount and Dos Santos is in trouble!
Mojo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Mojo unloading with bombs!
Mojo tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Dos Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Mojo controlling from the full mount.
Dos Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Mojo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mojo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The referee warns Dos Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mojo landing strikes from the mount and Dos Santos is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Mojo.
Dos Santos taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mojo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mojo prevents Dos Santos from getting the reversal.
Mojo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dos Santos is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Mojo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Mojo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mojo tries to control but Dos Santos wriggling away.
Dos Santos tries to reverse the position but Mojo maintains control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mojo landing punches.
Mojo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Mojo breaks from Dos Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Great Mojo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Great Mojo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jab by Mojo.
Mojo moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Mojo misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mojo lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dos Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dos Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mojo throws out a loose jab but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Mojo is just out of range.
Mojo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mojo wants to clinch.
Mojo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dos Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mojo throws a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mojo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos is not content to let Mojo control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Mojo landing a few strikes.
Dos Santos tries to bench press Mojo off him but Mojo keeps the position.
Mojo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Mojo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mojo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dos Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mojo counters by clinching up.
Dos Santos pulls guard effortlessly.
Dos Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mojo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Mojo controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Dos Santos is looking for a triangle but Mojo pushes his legs off easily.
Mojo is looking to stand up but Dos Santos won't let him.
Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mojo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mojo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Mojo wants to stand but Dos Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mojo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mojo defends well.
Great Mojo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mojo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mojo defends it easily.
Mojo tries to free his leg and advance position but Dos Santos is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mojo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Mojo won't allow Dos Santos to get back to his feet.
Mojo would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dos Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mojo clinches.
Mojo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dos Santoss head.
Mojo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mojo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Mojo has a couple of punches blocked by Dos Santos.
Mojo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dos Santos or not.
And that's the end of the fight!
Great Mojo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mojo 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 27:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Great Mojo!
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energy
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hype
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