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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and john john avillanoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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190 cm
20
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rodney Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, john john avillanoza!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
avillanoza throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos throws a head kick but avillanoza moves out of range.
avillanoza is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
avillanoza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santos. Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
avillanoza blocks a head kick by Santos.
avillanoza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos with a nice cross.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from avillanoza.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
avillanoza misses with a few strikes there.
Santos throws a head kick that half lands.
avillanoza shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed avillanoza's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rodney Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from avillanoza, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and avillanoza moves out of range easily.
avillanoza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
avillanoza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A thudding body kick lands there by Santos!
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like john john avillanoza has been cut.
avillanoza thows a leg kick but Santos checks it
and Santos counters with a nice body kick.
Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
avillanoza throws a right and a left that both miss.
avillanoza looks gassed!
Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Santos.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and avillanoza counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
avillanoza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
avillanoza jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Santos walks away with a smile on his face. avillanoza gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rodney Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of john john avillanoza.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by avillanoza.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
avillanoza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
avillanoza tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Santos throws a shot to the body.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - avillanoza circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Santos as avillanoza shoots in.
Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on avillanoza. That did some damage!
Santos takes the fight into the clinch.
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santos tries to break the clinch but avillanoza is controlling the position.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
avillanoza has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Santos is trying to keep an underhook but avillanoza manages to get the takedown into half guard.
avillanoza stops Santos from getting back to his feet.
avillanoza is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
avillanoza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by avillanoza.
avillanoza thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as avillanoza sits in half guard.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for avillanoza on the ground.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
avillanoza landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Santos is looking to escape.
avillanoza seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
avillanoza seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
avillanoza decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on john john avillanoza's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
avillanoza instigates a clinch.
avillanoza gets control of Santos's arms and successfully pulls guard. avillanoza will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
avillanoza controlling Santos's posture.
avillanoza manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
avillanoza connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
avillanoza won't let Santos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
avillanoza putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
avillanoza looking to secure an arm triangle but Santos defends it well.
avillanoza content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
avillanoza pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
avillanoza in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
avillanoza lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Santos is in a horrible position here. avillanoza smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
avillanoza lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Santos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
avillanoza in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
avillanoza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
avillanoza in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
avillanoza has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
avillanoza controlling from mount.
avillanoza scores with a couple of good head shots there.
avillanoza landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
avillanoza dominating with strikes here.
avillanoza scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
avillanoza has isolated one of Santos's arms. Santos looking to fight him off but avillanoza twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). john john avillanoza!
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