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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Lollapalooza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Lollapalooza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Xavier Lollapalooza!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lollapalooza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lollapalooza won't be happy with that.
Lollapalooza wants to control but Santos postures up.
Santos content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Santos misses with the ground and pound.
Santos fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lollapalooza tries to improve position but can't.
Santos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Santos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lollapalooza is not content to let Santos control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lollapalooza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lollapalooza is being controlled here.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Lollapalooza is defending well.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lollapalooza keeps working.
Lollapalooza tries to bench press Santos off him but Santos keeps the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Lollapalooza's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lollapalooza managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Santos.
Santos remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Lollapalooza parries the strikes from Santos easily there. Santos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lollapalooza to escape.
Lollapalooza is looking for a sweep.
Santos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Lollapalooza is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lollapalooza defending against the ground and pound.
Santos wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lollapalooza, who protects the arm well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lollapalooza parries the strikes from Santos easily there. Santos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lollapalooza to escape.
Lollapalooza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sloppy strikes there by Santos.
An elbow from Santos crashes against the mat.
Santos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lollapalooza keeps working.
Lollapalooza takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lollapalooza keeps working.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Lollapalooza defending against the ground and pound.
Lollapalooza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Santos fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lollapalooza has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lollapalooza trying to remain calm as Santos controls from the top position.
Lollapalooza throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Lollapalooza's head but Lollapalooza avoids it well.
Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Lollapalooza's head but Lollapalooza avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Lollapalooza is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
An elbow from Santos crashes against the mat.
Lollapalooza is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Lollapalooza dodges the ground and pound from Santos.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Santos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Santos working the ground and pound but Lollapalooza is defending the strikes.
Santos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The referee asks Santos politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Santos prefers to stall for the moment though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Lollapalooza's head but Lollapalooza avoids it well.
Santos working the ground and pound but Lollapalooza is defending the strikes.
Santos in side control, just content to control the action for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos looks to land a left hand but Lollapalooza moved out of range nicely.
Santos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lollapalooza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lollapalooza has his takedown stuffed
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lollapalooza not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lollapalooza working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
Santos passes Lollapalooza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lollapalooza is in trouble now - Santos has advanced to mount!
Santos thowing shots but they're missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lollapalooza blocking the ground and pound.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lollapalooza hang on?
Santos misses with a head shot.
Santos throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Santos avoids the attempt from Lollapalooza to control.
Santos unloads with some shots from mount but Lollapalooza bucks and avoids them well.
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santos trying to control but Lollapalooza is having none of it.
Lollapalooza holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Santos tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lollapalooza tries to buck Santos off but he can't manage it.
Lollapalooza is breathing heavily.
Santos wants to control the pace but Lollapalooza is squirming around nicely.
Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lollapalooza blocking the ground and pound.
Santos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The referee warns Lollapalooza that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lollapalooza?
Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lollapalooza tries to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Santos throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lollapalooza has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Santos looking to finish Lollapalooza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lollapalooza!
Santos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santos thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Santos throwing strikes here but Lollapalooza is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lollapalooza is looking to escape.
Santos is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lollapalooza can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lollapalooza wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
Santos punching from mount but Lollapalooza doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Santos throwing strikes here but Lollapalooza is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos has hold of Lollapalooza's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lollapalooza manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Lollapalooza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santos throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws some wild stikes that Lollapalooza manages to avoid easily.
Santos thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Lollapalooza wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Santos.
Santos with shots to the head and body - Lollapalooza looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santos moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Lollapalooza has worked his arm free - good work by Lollapalooza!
Lollapalooza is looking for a sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Santos taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Santos dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Santos misses with a hook. Lollapalooza ducked under it nicely.
Lollapalooza doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos is looking to advance position but Lollapalooza has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Lollapalooza moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Santos has worked his arm free - good work by Santos!
Santos manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Santos manages to get to full guard.
Santos is controlling Lollapalooza's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos 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.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lollapalooza can do to turn this around?
Santos keeping moving, preventing Lollapalooza from controlling successfully.
Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Santos managing to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lollapalooza slips a straight right by Santos.
Lollapalooza tries for a takedown but Santos circles away easily
and Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lollapalooza's guard now.
Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Lollapalooza has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Lollapalooza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos passes Lollapalooza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lollapalooza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lollapalooza!
Santos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lollapalooza because Santos loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos throws some wild stikes that Lollapalooza manages to avoid easily.
Lollapalooza is working to get back to half guard.
Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lollapalooza wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos unloads with some shots from mount but Lollapalooza bucks and avoids them well.
Santos is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Lollapalooza is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Andre Santos!
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hype
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