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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
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175 lbs
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177 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patrick Cote! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Santos! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cote throws a hook but Santos blocks it. Cote throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range. Cote misses with a few strikes there.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Cote.
A punch combination from Cote misses. Santos shoots in for a double leg but Cote sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Santos slips a jab and a cross from Cote.
Cote waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos. Cote lands with a cross. A slow jab from Cote misses its intended target. Cote clinches up against the ropes. Cote has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Cote lands a hook to the side of the head. Cote is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Santos is keeping busy. Still in the clinch, Cote scores with a nice short uppercut. Cote lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Cote blocks the elbow strike.
Cote avoiding damage.
Cote is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos has clasped his hands together around Cote's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position. Cote swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santos. Cote wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side and Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Cote looking to slow down the pace here. Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cote blocks it with crossed arms. Santos breaks from the clinch.
Cote slips under a jab from Santos. Cote works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. A telegraphed right hand from Cote misses the target. Cote tries to clinch and Santos counters with a low kick, right behind Cote 's knee. Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cote. Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Cote lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cote lands with a left to the head. Cote will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the ropes. Cote lands a nice uppercut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Cote lands a left hand.
Cote working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. A quick uppercut on the inside from Cote. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Cote takes a knee to the side of the body. Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Cote missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Santos lands a nice knee to the body. Still in the clinch, Cote scores with a nice short uppercut. Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Cote blocks with his arms.
Santos looks gassed! Santos misses with a knee strike.
Cote lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Santos looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Santos.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cote lands with a right to the head. Santos takes a shot to the head. Cote gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Santos lands a takedown into guard.
Santos tries to stand but Cote is controlling from the bottom. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Santos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cote has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Santos has managed to get both his arms back between Cote's legs - danger averted. Cote throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cote had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Santos defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cote is proving hard to escape from. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Santos gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cote. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Cote stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet. Cote throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos. Nice uppercut there from Cote. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Cote dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Cote throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely. Santos circles away from the clinch attempt and Santos counters by clinching up. Cote lands with a light punch inside. Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Cote blocks with his arms.
Cote stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
Cote looking to stall.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Cote blocks with his arms.
Cote taking a breather. Santos takes a shot to the head. Cote lands with a left to the head. Cote lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Cote is trying to stall.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Cote pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cote finds it's way round the side to connect with Santos's head. Cote closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Santos is breathing heavily. Cote tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cote is pushing Santos up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Patrick Cote. Cote connects with the punch. Cote is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Cote cracks Santos's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Santos slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Cote can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Patrick Cote!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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