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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Sparza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Drop the World. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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320 lbs
12 - 7 - 1 |
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295 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Thiago De Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tito Sparza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sparza throws a right hand that De Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that De Santos also avoids with ease.
No joy there for De Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sparza rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Santos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
De Santos wants the takedown. Sparza is fighting it off but De Santos persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sparza's guard against the cage.
De Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sparza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sparza is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Sparza trying to keep a closed guard but De Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Sparza wants to stand up but De Santos is controlling him.
Sparza working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Santos.
De Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sparza is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Tito Sparza.
Sparza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Santos has time to react.
De Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Sparza misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Sparza misses its intended target.
Sparza throws a right and a left that De Santos avoids nicely.
De Santos drives through and clinches with Sparza against the cage.
De Santos lands a knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for De Santos.
Sparza looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for De Santos.
De Santos gets a trip takedown into half guard.
De Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
De Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sparza is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
De Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sparza defending well though.
De Santos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sparza has managed to free his arm - good work.
De Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
De Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Santos trying to control the action but Sparza is working from the bottom.
De Santos looks to land a strike but Sparza avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
De Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
De Santos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sparza dives on top into guard.
De Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos is keen to just control but Sparza is a slippery customer.
Sparza trying to control here.
De Santos drops an elbow to the side of Sparza's head.
Sparza is trying to stand back up but De Santos is controlling him
De Santos is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Sparza doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time De Santos.
De Santos is trying to work for a kimura but Sparza is defending well.
Sparza wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Santos working over Sparza with some ground and pound. Sparza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
De Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Santos working over Sparza with some ground and pound. Sparza looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sparza can do anything to dispel that myth.
De Santos has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Sparza defend it? De Santos steps over the head and cranks it - Sparza is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for De Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago De Santos!
Thiago De Santos very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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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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