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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brock Letters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcello Santoro will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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177 lbs
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178 cm
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171 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brock Letters!
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, Marcello Santoro!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro gets tackled into the ropes by Letters. Letters maintains the clinch.
Letters has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santoro is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Santoro is trying to break the clinch but Letters has him pressed against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Letters.
Letters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santoro pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Santoro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Letters's elbow.
Letters can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brock Letters. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santoro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Letters tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santoro just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Letters keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santoro's efforts to push away.
Santoro tries to work over Letters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letters is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Letters tries to pull guard but Santoro won't allow it.
Santoro struggles to land a body shot inside as Letters controls his hands.
Letters gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Letters wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santoro keeps working.
Letters looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro wants to get back to full guard.
Santoro is trying to stand.
Letters throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Santoro tries to kick Letters off but Letters keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Letters is stalling here. Santoro is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Letters seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Santoro has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Letters manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Letters gets full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Letters controls Santoro momentarily but Santoro frees himself.
Santoro stopping the sweep attempt from Letters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letters is trying to keep Santoro in close.
Letters tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Letters working a defensive guard but Santoro manages to pass into side control anyway.
Santoro wants to stand but Letters is controlling his arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Letters can't do much from the bottom here.
Letters on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Letters tries to get out of the position.
Letters is looking for a sweep.
Santoro working away.
Santoro tries to stand but Letters is controlling his head.
Letters struggling a bit here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Letters is looking to regain half guard here but Santoro keeps moving and retains side control.
Letters gets back to half guard.
Letters has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santoro is working away from the top position though.
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.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
We're going to have a standup here because Brock Letters wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Santoro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Letters doesn't seem bothered though.
Letters is breathing heavily.
Letters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santoro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Letters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santoro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santoro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santoro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Letters takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santoro lands a slapping body shot.
Santoro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Letters. Letters circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santoro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Santoro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santoro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santoro lands a nice shot to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santoro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santoro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Letters takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Santoro throws a shot to the body.
Santoro lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santoro lands with a nice body punch.
Letters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Letters walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Santoro lands with an uppercut that bounces Letters off the ropes and back into rage.
Santoro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Letters at a distance.
Santoro smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Santoro stuns Letters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Letters tries to move into range but Santoro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Letters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Letters with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santoro to score with a decent uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Santoro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santoro lands with a right and another and another! Letters is in big trouble! Santoro lands again and this time it's lights out for Letters! A quality knockout there for Santoro.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marcello Santoro!
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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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