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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Knuckle Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauro Mateus dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckle Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
3 - 0 - 1 |
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170 cm
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145 lbs
8 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Knuckle Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Mauro Mateus dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos moves away from the strike by Stone.
Knuckle Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stone. dos Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone throws a jab but it's blocked by dos Santos.
Stone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone tries to score with a low kick but dos Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Stone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stone.
Stone throws a low kick, looking for dos Santos's leg but dos Santos calmly moves out of range.
Stone tries to land a leg kick but dos Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos moves away.
Nice defenses there by dos Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stone swings for the body but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
Stone swings for the body but dos Santos moves out of range.
Stone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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.
Stone thows a body shot but no joy.
dos Santos drives through and clinches with Stone against the ropes.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
dos Santos prevents a body shot from Stone.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but dos Santos is controlling him.
Stone avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
dos Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stone swings wildly with an uppercut but dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
dos Santos avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
dos Santos with a knee to the head.
It looks like Knuckle Stone has been cut.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
Stone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stone tries to throw a body punch but dos Santos avoids it by throwing Stone back against the cage.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with dos Santos's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Stone as the two fighters clinch.
Stone misses with a body punch.
dos Santos keeps control of Stone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stone tries to throw a body punch but dos Santos avoids it by throwing Stone back against the cage.
dos Santos prevents a body shot from Stone.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Stone digs a right hand into dos Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on dos Santos's gas tank.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Stone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stone can't find room to land a body shot as dos Santos controls the action.
Stone tries to work over dos Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Knuckle Stone dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Knuckle Stone's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Stone takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
dos Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stone connects with an inside leg kick.
Stone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Stone is looking to score with low kicks.
Stone misses with a body shot
and dos Santos moves into the clinch.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Stone.
Stone missing with knees to the body.
Stone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone presses dos Santos against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stone tries to throw a body punch but dos Santos avoids it by throwing Stone back against the cage.
dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stone stalling in the clinch but dos Santos improves position.
dos Santos prevents Stone from breaking the clinch.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
dos Santos blocking some punches.
Stone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. dos Santos is defending well for now.
dos Santos blocks a body shot from Stone.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two 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.
dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Stone blocks it.
dos Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Stone blocks with his arms.
dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stone can't find room to land a body shot as dos Santos controls the action.
Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for dos Santos.
dos Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone tries to break the clinch but dos Santos is controlling the position.
dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone tries a body shot but dos Santos blocks it.
dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
Stone throws a head punch that misses.
Stone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with dos Santos's elbow.
Stone throws a head punch that misses.
dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stone misses with a body punch.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone trying to control the position but instead, dos Santos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stone into the ropes.
dos Santos landing knees to the head.
Stone misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four 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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
dos Santos prevents a body shot from Stone.
dos Santos blocks a body shot from Stone.
dos Santos landing knees to the body.
dos Santos has Stone pressed against the ropes, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by dos Santos as Stone tries to tie him up.
Stone swings wildly with an uppercut but dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stone tries a body shot but dos Santos blocks it.
dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Stone misses with a body punch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
dos Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Stone works dos Santos's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauro Mateus dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Knuckle Stone's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Stone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by dos Santos.
dos Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Stone.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from dos Santos.
Stone dodges the punch combination from dos Santos.
Stone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Stone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. dos Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
dos Santos tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
dos Santos moves away from the strike by Stone.
Stone tries to land a leg kick but dos Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Stone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone throws a leg kick but dos Santos moved away.
dos Santos connects with a jab.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Stone.
Stone lands a really nice looking cross but dos Santos seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Stone.
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Stone throws a leg kick but dos Santos moved away.
dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stone.
Stone throws out a leg kick but dos Santos moves out of range and Stone only half commits.
dos Santos misses with the combination.
Stone misses with a low kick.
Stone throws a front kick aimed at dos Santos's knee but dos Santos avoids it well.
dos Santos checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Stone throws a shot to the body.
Stone is looking to wear down dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Stone misses with a hook. dos Santos ducked under it nicely.
Stone punishes dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
Stone throws a hook but dos Santos blocks it.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dos Santos's calf.
Stone misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Stone misses
and dos Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stone.
Stone misses with a body punch.
dos Santos prevents a body shot from Stone.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Maybe Stone would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Stone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stone tries to work over dos Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stone has a couple of punches blocked by dos Santos.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mauro Mateus 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauro Mateus 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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