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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolif Cheperov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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188 lbs
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190 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 Helsinki, Rolif Cheperov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sol Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Cheperov.
Cheperov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cheperov misses with a double jab.
A good leg kick by Dos Santos.
A punch combination from Cheperov misses.
Dos Santos rushes Cheperov and presses him up against the cage.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Cheperov won't want to take too many of those.
Cheperov wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Cheperov tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cheperov's efforts to push away.
Cheperov wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Dos Santos working Cheperov over with knees to the body.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Cheperov wants to get back to striking at distance but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Cheperov breaks the clinch.
Cheperov tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A punch combination from Cheperov misses.
Cheperov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rolif Cheperov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Cheperov does no damage.
Cheperov on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dos Santos. Dos Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
Rolif Cheperov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheperov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
Dos Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cheperov fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheperov really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A punch combination from Cheperov misses.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cheperov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheperov.
Cheperov swinging wildly here.
Cheperov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cheperov.
Dos Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dos Santos keeps control of Cheperov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling him.
Dos Santos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cheperov tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Dos Santos keeps control of Cheperov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dos Santos prevents Cheperov from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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.
Dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Cheperov's ribcage.
Cheperov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheperov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheperov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cheperov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cheperov tries to break free but Dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Cheperov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cheperov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Cheperov fails to land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Cheperov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheperov throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheperov throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cheperov.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cheperov.
Dos Santos rushes Cheperov and presses him up against the cage.
Cheperov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cheperov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cheperov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dos Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Cheperov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cheperov wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cheperov's efforts to push away.
Cheperov is trying to force a seperation but Dos Santos has the dominant position.
Cheperov is trying to break free.
Cheperov is looking to break free of the clinch but Dos Santos has double underhooks.
Cheperov is trying to break free.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling him.
Dos Santos keeps control of Cheperov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Cheperov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cheperov has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Nice elbow from Dos Santos.
Cheperov working hard to break the clinch.
Cheperov tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Cheperov tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Cheperov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cheperov tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cheperov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Some wild striking there from Cheperov.
Cheperov looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Cheperov misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cheperov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that half lands.
Cheperov misses with a wild combination.
Cheperov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cheperov misses with the combination.
Dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos stands up from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sol Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Cheperov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Cheperov misses.
Cheperov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cheperov swats away the attempt to clinch by Dos Santos.
Cheperov misses with a two punch combination.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cheperov sprawls well initially but Dos Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos prevents Cheperov from standing back up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cheperov wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.
Dos Santos stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Cheperov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Cheperov throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cheperov.
Cheperov throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Cheperov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Cheperov in a clinch.
Dos Santos has Cheperov pressed against the cage, preventing Cheperov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cheperov working hard to break the clinch.
Cheperov is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos prevents Cheperov from breaking the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cheperov has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Cheperov has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Dos Santos prevents Cheperov from breaking the clinch.
Cheperov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dos Santos.
Cheperov throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cheperov.
Dos Santos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cheperov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cheperov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cheperov fails to land with a series of punches.
Cheperov misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos lands with a slapping head kick.
Dos Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cheperov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheperov tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Cheperov has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Good control from Dos Santos.
Cheperov wants to get back to his feet.
That's four 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sol Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Cheperov throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rolif Cheperov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cheperov throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Cheperov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dos Santos.
Cheperov misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Cheperov wants to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos controlling the pace.
Cheperov wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cheperov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Cheperov.
Cheperov swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Cheperov circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cheperov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cheperov.
Cheperov misses with a two punch combination.
Cheperov misses with a few strikes there.
Cheperov misses with a few strikes there.
Cheperov misses with a double jab.
Cheperov throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Cheperov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Cheperov throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Cheperov.
Cheperov misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cheperov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cheperov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Cheperov misses.
Cheperov looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Dos Santos scores with a kick to the body.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cheperov swinging wildly here.
Cheperov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cheperov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cheperov misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Cheperov.
Both fighters circling a little - Dos Santos finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Dos Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cheperov tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Cheperov's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controlling the pace for now.
Cheperov is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dos Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cheperov really wants to buck Dos Santos off and get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sol Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dos Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sol Dos Santos!
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