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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake St Croix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Anton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jake St Croix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Anton!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anton with a poor takedown
and St Croix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
St Croix closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
St Croix stops Anton from getting back to his feet.
St Croix not landing any meaningful shots this time.
St Croix looks to land a strike but Anton avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
St Croix trying to control the position from guard on top but Anton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Croix looking to sit in guard and control but Anton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
St Croix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
St Croix punching from the bottom - just letting Anton know he's still in a fight.
Anton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Croix's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Croix trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St Croix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Croix's head.
Anton distracts St Croix with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Anton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Anton is working St Croix over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Anton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anton lands a couple of elbows.
St Croix 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.
Anton cracks St Croix with a solid left hand.
St Croix lands an upkick as Anton stands over him.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Anton cracks St Croix with a solid left hand.
St Croix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Anton lands a couple of digs.
Anton distracts St Croix with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Croix looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Anton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Anton looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Anton is working St Croix over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
St Croix striking off his back, scoring a few points.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Croix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
St Croix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Croix throwing short punches from the bottom.
St Croix will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix looking for a sweep. Not yet St Croix, not yet.
St Croix on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Croix tries to get out of the position.
Anton lands a couple of digs.
St Croix striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Anton advances to half guard.
St Croix tries to roll over but Anton keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Croix throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Anton prevents St Croix from improving his position.
Anton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Anton looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks St Croix with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
St Croix lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Anton drops an elbow to the side of St Croix's head.
St Croix is looking for a sweep. Anton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Anton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
St Croix flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
St Croix throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
St Croix wants to get back to full guard but Anton has passed into side control.
Anton blocks St Croix's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
St Croix can't escape the position.
Anton working St Croix over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Anton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
St Croix misses with a takedown
and Anton counters with a shoot takedown. St Croix fights it but they end up in guard.
Anton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Anton postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Anton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
St Croix throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
St Croix trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
St Croix throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Anton is breathing heavily.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anton works over St Croix with some ground and pound from guard.
Anton distracts St Croix with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Croix wants to sweep but no luck.
St Croix throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Anton working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
St Croix trying to strike off his back.
St Croix looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anton is one step ahead there.
St Croix scores with a nice shot.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
St Croix throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Anton drops back looking for a leg! St Croix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Croix manages to kick Anton off! Anton jumps back into St Croix's guard.
Andre Anton has got the better of the ground game so far.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
Anton throwing strikes from guard but St Croix blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Croix working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Anton.
St Croix will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Anton takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
St Croix lands with a heel strike from the guard.
St Croix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Croix lands a decent shot there.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
St Croix throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
St Croix trying to strike off his back.
Anton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
St Croix striking off his back, scoring a few points.
St Croix trying to strike off his back.
St Croix lands with a heel strike from the guard.
St Croix trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
St Croix trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix looking for a sweep. Not yet St Croix, not yet.
St Croix trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
St Croix wants to sweep but no luck.
Anton is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Anton connects with a couple of short punches.
St Croix striking from his own guard.
St Croix wants to sweep but no luck.
St Croix knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Anton on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Anton accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Croix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Anton works over St Croix with some ground and pound from guard.
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.
St Croix 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.
St Croix throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
St Croix lands a decent shot there.
St Croix wants to sweep but no luck.
Anton keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of St Croix's head.
Anton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Anton won't allow St Croix to sweep him here.
St Croix throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Anton throwing strikes from guard but St Croix blocks nicely.
St Croix throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Anton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
St Croix lands a decent punch to the body there.
St Croix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
St Croix will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
St Croix lands a good elbow from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Anton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Anton has his takedown stuffed
and St Croix counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
St Croix has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
St Croix wants to control from the top but Anton keeps moving.
Anton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
St Croix thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Croix trying to control but Anton is working from the bottom.
St Croix looking to sit in guard and control but Anton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
St Croix tries to strike from the bottom.
St Croix striking off his back.
St Croix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
St Croix striking off his back, scoring a few points.
St Croix throws a couple of heel strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
St Croix trying to strike off his back.
Anton preventing the sweep.
Anton throwing strikes from guard but St Croix blocks nicely.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
St Croix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anton is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
St Croix thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
St Croix trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Anton looking to pass the guard.
St Croix throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
St Croix thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
Anton postures up in St Croix's guard and throws a big left but St Croix blocks it.
St Croix punching from the bottom - just letting Anton know he's still in a fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
St Croix looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
St Croix lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Anton drops back looking for a leg! St Croix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Croix manages to kick Anton off! Anton jumps back into St Croix's guard.
St Croix lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
St Croix scores with a short punch from the bottom.
St Croix striking off his back but it's not causing Anton any problems.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Anton is in close to St Croix's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Anton is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
St Croix throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
St Croix striking from his own guard.
Anton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
St Croix looking to hit a scissor sweep but Anton is one step ahead there.
St Croix striking from the bottom here.
St Croix lands an upkick as Anton stands over him.
Anton working some strikes from top position.
St Croix lands with a heel strike from the guard.
St Croix avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anton takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
St Croix throws a couple of heel strikes.
St Croix striking off his back.
St Croix looking for a sweep. Not yet St Croix, not yet.
Jake St Croix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andre Anton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Croix keeping moving, preventing Anton from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake St Croix showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Anton has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Anton!
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