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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takanori dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and kevin randleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). randleman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. graveyard symphony kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! kevin randleman has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Takanori dos Santos's chin.
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186 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White 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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Takanori dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, kevin randleman!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
randleman throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
randleman tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but dos Santos wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
dos Santos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
randleman wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
randleman striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
randleman is looking for a sweep.
dos Santos working the body and head with strikes.
randleman tries to improve position but can't.
dos Santos decides to stand back up.
dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
randleman shoots and misses
so dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
randleman is looking to stand back up but dos Santos counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by randleman.
dos Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
randleman is looking to escape.
randleman looks gassed!
dos Santos lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos seems to be working for a kimura but randleman defends the submission attempt.
dos Santos trying to mount his opponent but randleman defends it.
randleman kicks dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
randleman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and dos Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
dos Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
dos Santos gets the takedown into side control.
dos Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
dos Santos scores with punches from side control.
dos Santos scoring with punches and elbows.
dos Santos working the head with strikes.
dos Santos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
randleman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and dos Santos counters with a straight right hand.
randleman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
randleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and dos Santos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
dos Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
dos Santos winds up and cracks randleman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
randleman punching from the bottom.
dos Santos winds up and cracks randleman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
randleman flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
dos Santos thows a huge punch but randleman dodges it nicely.
dos Santos stands up and beckons randleman to join him on the feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
randleman throws a leg kick
and dos Santos counters with a left and a right that stings randleman.
randleman misses with a double jab
and dos Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
randleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
randleman manages to break the clinch.
randleman with a lazy takedown attempt
and dos Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Takanori dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of kevin randleman.
dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
dos Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
dos Santos lands with a light punch inside.
dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
dos Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
randleman lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
randleman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and dos Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
randleman gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and dos Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by dos Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
randleman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
randleman 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.
dos Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
dos Santos won't allow randleman to get back to his feet.
dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
randleman thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
randleman wants to stand but dos Santos is controlling the position.
dos Santos stands up over randleman, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos lands a slapping body shot.
randleman shoots and misses
and dos Santos counters with a left and a right that stings randleman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takanori dos Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
randleman wants to clinch but dos Santos slips to the side
and dos Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
randleman throws a combination that misses
and dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
dos Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
dos Santos lands a couple of digs.
dos Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but randleman has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dos Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on randleman, up you get!
randleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
randleman stops a takedown attempt from dos Santos.
randleman gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, dos Santos regains guard.
randleman stopping the sweep attempt from dos Santos.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. randleman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. randleman manages to get himself to full guard.
Takanori dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
randleman tries to strike from the bottom.
dos Santos wants to control from the top but randleman keeps moving.
randleman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with dos Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
randleman pushes dos Santos off and gets back to his feet.
dos Santos has randleman up against the cage in a clinch.
randleman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of dos Santos backwards.
dos Santos breaks from the clinch.
dos Santos pushes randleman up against the cage in a clinch.
randleman drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
randleman wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
randleman throws a punch but it's blocked by dos Santos.
dos Santos tries to break the clinch but randleman is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from dos Santos.
dos Santos stalling.
randleman breaks the clinch.
dos Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
randleman closes the distance but dos Santos moves to the side
and dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by dos Santos.
randleman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
randleman looks to clinch
and dos Santos counters by clinching up.
dos Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
randleman has a couple of punches blocked by dos Santos.
dos Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
randleman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and dos Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Takanori dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos drives through and clinches with randleman against the cage.
randleman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by dos Santos.
dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
dos Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. randleman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
randleman goes for a takedown in the clinch but dos Santos prevents it.
Takanori dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of kevin randleman.
A body shot lands from dos Santos.
randleman looking for a takedown.
randleman working aggressively here.
randleman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
randleman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, dos Santos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
dos Santos has randleman pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. dos Santos pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending randleman tumbling to the mat - dos Santos dives into randleman's guard.
dos Santos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
dos Santos slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from randleman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for randleman to stand up.
randleman wants to clinch
and dos Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
randleman closes the distance but dos Santos moves to the side
and dos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but randleman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
dos Santos throws the kick towards the body but randleman avoids it.
randleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and dos Santos counters with a low kick, right behind randleman 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
randleman darts in trying to clinch
and dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
randleman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Takanori dos Santos dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
dos Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
randleman with a lazy takedown attempt
and dos Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
randleman throws a left and a right that both miss
and dos Santos moves into the clinch.
randleman misses with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos wants to break free but randleman has control.
dos Santos turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
randleman is looking for a sweep.
randleman wants to get back to his feet.
dos Santos scores with punches from side control.
dos Santos in side control lands a decent elbow.
randleman throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that randleman can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dos Santos looks up at the clock and then as randleman takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, dos Santos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
randleman tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Santos trying to control the position but randleman is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
randleman throws a left and a right that both miss
and dos Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
randleman misses with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
randleman misses with some punches.
dos Santos is working randleman over against the cage.
randleman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from dos Santos.
randleman misses with the head strike.
dos Santos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
dos Santos jumps guard and drags randleman to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
randleman stands up over dos Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
randleman prevents dos Santos from getting back to his feet.
dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
dos Santos controlling the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now dos Santos is on top in guard.
dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
dos Santos stops randleman from standing up.
randleman throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
dos Santos passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
dos Santos is looking for a kimura but randleman is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for dos Santos to get the leverage.
randleman is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of dos Santos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take dos Santos's back!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards randleman.
randleman is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. randleman gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. randleman gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. randleman apologises and we restart here on the feet.
randleman tries to clinch but dos Santos moves away
and dos Santos counters with a three punch combo that has randleman backing up. randleman nods at dos Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick from randleman.
randleman with a poor takedown
and dos Santos counters with a two punch combo.
dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but randleman has him pressed against the cage.
randleman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
randleman tries to clinch
and dos Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
randleman closes the distance looking to clinch
and dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
randleman decides to pull guard.
randleman will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
randleman throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
randleman trying to strike off his back.
dos Santos works over randleman with some ground and pound from guard.
dos Santos won't allow randleman to get back to his feet.
dos Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as randleman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
dos Santos won't allow randleman to sweep him here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from randleman. dos Santos shrugs it off though.
dos Santos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - dos Santos lands in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
randleman is working an open guard so dos Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
randleman throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and dos Santos counters with a series of strikes. randleman will be more careful next time no doubt.
randleman tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and dos Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by dos Santos.
Takanori dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
dos Santos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and dos Santos counters with a single leg into guard. randleman didn't expect that.
kevin randleman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dos Santos trying to control but randleman is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takanori 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takanori dos Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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