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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Melendez Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jake walden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). walden has chosen the way i am as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as jake walden enters the ring!
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melendez Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jake walden!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
walden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santiago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
walden tries to clinch there but Santiago circles away.
walden fails with an attempt to clinch.
walden tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
walden tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santiago paws at him with a jab and circles away.
walden tries to clinch there but Santiago circles away.
walden moves in looking to clinch but Santiago pushes him off.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
walden tries to land knees in the clinch but Santiago avoids the damage to the body.
Santiago tries to pull guard but walden won't allow it.
Santiago gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Santiago content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
walden is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santiago's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santiago tries to free his leg and advance position but walden is retaining full guard.
Santiago working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
walden is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santiago is controlling him.
Santiago keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of walden's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
walden wants to stand but Santiago is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago connects with a couple of short punches.
Santiago with a flurry of punches that miss.
walden wants to get back to his feet but Santiago is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Santiago drops back looking for a leg! walden is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and walden manages to kick Santiago off! Santiago jumps back into walden's guard.
Santiago drops back looking for a leg! walden is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and walden manages to kick Santiago off! Santiago jumps back into walden's guard.
walden wants to stand up but Santiago is controlling him.
Santiago postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
walden has his feet on Santiago's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
walden wants to clinch but Santiago slips to the side
so Santiago counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
walden looks gassed!
walden wants to stand and escape but Santiago is having none of it.
Santiago stands up over walden, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Santiago drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santiago jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santiago working some strikes from top position.
walden has momentary wrist control but Santiago slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago postures up and lands a big shot to walden's brow.
walden is looking to stand up but Santiago isn't so interested in that idea.
Santiago keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of walden's head.
Santiago scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
walden wants to stand up but Santiago is controlling him.
Santiago slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Santiago connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused walden some visible discomfort.
walden really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santiago. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santiago tries for a kimura but walden is defending well.
Santiago cracks walden with a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by walden, who protects the arm well.
Santiago misses with the ground and pound.
Santiago working the ground and pound but walden is defending the strikes.
Santiago 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.
Santiago working the ground and pound from side control.
walden is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Santiago is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. walden is trying to escape and Santiago transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and walden is forced to tap! Nice work there by Santiago! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Melendez Santiago!
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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
RATING
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