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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luca Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Douglas Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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180 lbs
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183 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luca Fuschini!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Douglas Santana!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuschini displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santana throws out the jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Fuschini finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fuschini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santana keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santana misses with a body shot.
Fuschini misses with a body shot
and Santana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Luca Fuschini has been cut.
Santana throws a body punch but Fuschini moves out of range.
Fuschini throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santana changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fuschini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santana.
Fuschini misses with a looping right.
Fuschini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santana fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Santana moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini lands the left hand.
Santana slips under a jab.
A big left from Santana misses.
Fuschini scores with a jab to the body.
Fuschini gets a takedown into half guard.
Fuschini controlling the action here.
Santana is trying to stand back up but Fuschini is controlling him
Fuschini wants to free his trapped foot but Santana is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fuschini works his foot free and advances to mount.
Fuschini is stalling here but it's allowed Santana to get half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana is looking for a sweep. Fuschini is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Santana is looking to escape.
Santana actively working from the bottom here.
Fuschini thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Santana to regain full guard.
Fuschini's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Santana keeping moving, preventing Fuschini from controlling successfully.
Fuschini preventing the sweep.
Fuschini throwing strikes but missing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fuschini fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santana avoids it really well and circles away.
Fuschini lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana lands with a right hand.
Santana throws out a loose jab but Fuschini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Luca Fuschini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fuschini.
Santana missing with a left hand there. Fuschini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fuschini misses with a takedown attempt - Santana sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luca Fuschini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santana changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fuschini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santana.
Fuschini tries to land a front kick but Santana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fuschini throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuschini manages to avoid it.
Fuschini closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee asks Fuschini politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Fuschini prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Santana parries the strikes from Fuschini easily there. Fuschini is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santana to escape.
Fuschini throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fuschini misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fuschini prevents Santana from escaping the position.
Fuschini is looking to take a break and control but Santana is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fuschini tries to score with some ground and pound. Santana controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Fuschini wants to control but Santana is keeping him busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santana misses with an uppercut.
Santana misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Luca Fuschini will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luca Fuschini's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fuschini is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santana.
Fuschini swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santana takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fuschini lands with a straight right. Santana didn't see that one coming.
A big left from Santana misses.
Fuschini with a hook.
Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuschini manages to avoid it.
Fuschini thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuschini throws a jab but it's blocked by Santana.
Fuschini slips under a jab from Santana.
Fuschini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fuschini has a takedown stuffed.
Fuschini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fuschini dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fuschini ducks under a wild hook from Santana.
Fuschini throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fuschini takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santana throws a jab when Fuschini was well out of range.
Fuschini tries to land a front kick but Santana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fuschini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fuschini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fuschini just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuschini has a takedown stuffed.
Fuschini bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fuschini throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santana swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fuschini.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santana blocks the body kick.
Santana looks to throw the jab but Fuschini is out of range.
Santana moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Santana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fuschini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fuschini fails with the takedown
and Santana counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luca Fuschini. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuschini cracks Santana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Santana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuschini throws out the jab.
Santana connects with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuschini shoots for a takedown but Santana saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Fuschini dives in and grabs Santana's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santana pushes down on Fuschini's head and hops out.
Santana connects with a single shot there.
Santana lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santana drops Fuschini with a beautiful combination! Fuschini stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Santana is looking for the KO!
Fuschini is rocked!
Santana drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Fuschini right on the button. Fuschini goes down! Santana follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Santana gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Douglas Santana!
Douglas Santana is the new welterweight champion!
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