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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Eagle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eagle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANLswsfbwLI. Henrique Dos Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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198 lbs
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185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Eagle!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Eagle as he connects with a hook.
Dos Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Eagle pushes him off.
Eagle shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Eagle was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dos Santos wants to hold on but Eagle pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Eagle there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dos Santos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Eagle is trying to control. Dos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Eagle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dos Santos throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Eagle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dos Santos defending well though.
Dos Santos is controlling Eagle's trapped leg to prevent Eagle from advancing to side control.
Eagle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Eagle jumps into side control!
You can see the frustration on Dos Santos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dos Santos is trying to improve his position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dos Santos shoots and misses
and Eagle counters with a single leg into guard. Dos Santos didn't expect that.
Dos Santos looking for a guillotine here but Eagle defends easily.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Eagle trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dos Santos's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eagle trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Eagle is having none of it.
Dos Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Eagle.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dos Santos 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Eagle shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dos Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eagle gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Eagle takes the fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Eagle wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Eagle is controlling him.
Dos Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Eagle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dos Santos is striking from the bottom but Eagle uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Eagle dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Eagle tries to clinch up
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Eagle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Eagle's guard now.
Dos Santos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dos Santos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eagle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dos Santos distracts Eagle with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Eagle looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dos Santos is one step ahead there.
Eagle keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
That's two 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.
Dos Santos is really struggling to control Eagle but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Eagle doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Eagle's guard now.
Dos Santos stays in close to Eagle's body and controls the position.
Eagle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Eagle has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control but Eagle is working from the bottom.
Eagle trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Eagle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos darts in and clinches Eagle up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Eagle fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Henrique Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Eagle.
Eagle tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Eagle drops back down to his feet.
Dos Santos pulls Eagle into guard.
Dos Santos is pulling down on Eagle's head. It's preventing any offense from Eagle, at least for the moment.
Eagle trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Eagle from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henrique Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dos Santos scores a takedown into full mount!
Dos Santos controlling his opponent.
Eagle is trying desperately to improve position.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eagle working to try and regain half guard.
Dos Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos tries to control but Eagle wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Eagle is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dos Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eagle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dos Santos working Eagle over with strikes here.
Eagle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Eagle is looking to improve his position but Dos Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos with the ground and pound from mount.
Eagle can't escape the position.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Eagle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Dos Santos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Eagle for as long as he can get away with.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henrique Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henrique Dos Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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