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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alvaro Ibanez Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Big Chips. This should be a great matchup!
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195 cm
23
282 lbs
8 - 4 - 1 |
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191 cm
24
266 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Ace King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alvaro Ibanez Santos! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and King counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Santos swings widly with a right hand
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side. Santos throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease. Alvaro Ibanez Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. King slaps away a takedown attempt from Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat. Santos throws a poor cross that misses
enabling King to counter with a crisp jab. Santos throws a body punch but King moves out of range. Santos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! King fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. King slips a jab from Santos. King displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos. Ace King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alvaro Ibanez Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good shot there by King. Santos looks gassed! King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the cage. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Santos misses with a lunging right hand
and King counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. King connects with a right hand. Santos shakes it off. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. King moves into the clinch. King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. King cracks Santos with a nice body shot. King is leaning against Santos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. King punishes Santos's body with a nice straight punch. Jab by King.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos slips a straight right by King. King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away. King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
King moves into the clinch. King has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Santos wants to stall.
King cracks Santos with a nice body shot. King scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head. King lands a left hand.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards. A bit of stalling here from King.
Santos is trying desperately to land a takedown but King is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Santos. King manages to break the clinch.
King lands a nice shot to the body.
King has managed to clinch.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. King works on Santos's body with a couple of short punches. King lands with a short shot to the head. A right hand to the body from King.
King scores with a shoulder strike. With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. King lands a nice shot to the body. King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. King lands a shoulder strike. King lands with a short shot to the head. A right hand to the body from King.
A right hook to the body lands for King.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A short right from King on the inside. King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
King clinches up against the cage. King lands a left hand.
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards. King breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Santos misses with a combination
and King counters with a stiff right hand. King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away. King lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. King drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
King manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
King misses with some punches.
Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on King - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace King dominated that round. That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Santos scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks. King throws a hook but Santos avoids it easily. Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King. Santos misses with a right hand and King counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. King clinches up against the cage. Ace King has scored more points in the clinch so far. Santos lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down King. An uppercut to the body lands inside from King. Santos is trying to stall.
Santos tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. King jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
King throws a sloppy body shot
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos wants to control from the top but King keeps moving. King keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass. Santos wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Santos passes King's right leg, so he's now in half guard. King taking some punishment here, with Santos in his half guard. King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around? Santos is trying to work for a kimura but King is defending well.
King is trying to control but Santos manages to pass to mount!
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round. King tries to improve his position but instead Santos has taken his back! Santos looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! King taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alvaro Ibanez Santos!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
85% |
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