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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joerome Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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199 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joerome Strong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcos Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Strong.
Dos Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Marcos Dos Santos has been cut.
Strong tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Strong swivels and escapes.
No luck for Dos Santos with that takedown attempt.
Strong feints and then cracks Dos Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dos Santos down.
Strong stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Strong wants it to stay on the feet.
Joerome Strong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Dos Santos.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strong checks a leg kick.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Joerome Strong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Strong looks to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dos Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Strong on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Strong tries to get out of the position.
Dos Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Strong defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control the action but Strong is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two 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.
Dos Santos is looking to advance position but Strong won't allow it.
Strong is defending against the submission attempts here by Dos Santos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to work for a kimura but Strong is defending well.
Strong is looking to control Dos Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Strong avoid being mounted?
Strong knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.
Dos Santos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Strong doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dos Santos.
Dos Santos is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Strong is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcos Dos Santos!
Marcos Dos Santos was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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