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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takashi Katsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Geronimo dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Takashi Katsumoto's chin.
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167 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geronimo dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takashi Katsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Katsumoto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Katsumoto throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Katsumoto clinches up against the cage.
dos Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Katsumoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Katsumoto tries to land a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks with his arms.
dos Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Katsumoto is trying to break the clinch but dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
dos Santos pushes Katsumoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for dos Santos.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Katsumoto, against the cage.
dos Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Katsumoto controls the action.
Katsumoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Katsumoto blocking some punches.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
dos Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos pushes Katsumoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
dos Santos throws a head punch that misses.
dos Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Katsumoto scores with a nice short uppercut.
dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Katsumoto.
dos Santos misses with some punches.
Katsumoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Katsumoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
dos Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Katsumoto.
Katsumoto tries a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks it.
dos Santos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Katsumoto tries to break free but dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Katsumoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Katsumoto lands a good knee to the midsection. dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
dos Santos dodges an elbow strike from Katsumoto.
dos Santos working aggressively here.
dos Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from dos Santos.
Katsumoto lands an uppercut.
Katsumoto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Katsumoto pushes off an throws an elbow but dos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Katsumoto stalling in the clinch but dos Santos improves position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Katsumoto.
dos Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Katsumoto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by dos Santos.
A head punch on the inside from dos Santos fails to land.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Katsumoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Katsumoto.
dos Santos working aggressively here.
dos Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Katsumoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katsumoto blocks an uppercut.
dos Santos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Katsumoto blocks a body shot from dos Santos.
A short uppercut from Katsumoto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for dos Santos.
dos Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Katsumoto lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from dos Santos.
dos Santos prevents Katsumoto from breaking the clinch.
Katsumoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Katsumoto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
dos Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Katsumoto has dos Santos pressed against the cage.
dos Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
dos Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Katsumoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from dos Santos.
Katsumoto is trying to break the clinch but dos Santos is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Katsumoto.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Katsumoto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Katsumoto lands an elbow that stopped dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Katsumoto blocks an uppercut.
dos Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Katsumoto.
dos Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Katsumoto blocking some punches.
dos Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Katsumoto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for dos Santos.
dos Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Katsumoto throws a head punch that misses.
dos Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Katsumoto looking to slow down the pace here.
dos Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from dos Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsumoto trying to stall but dos Santos improves his position.
A short right from dos Santos on the inside.
Katsumoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
dos Santos lands with a right to the head.
Katsumoto misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geronimo dos Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Good work by dos Santos as he checks the leg kick.
Katsumoto throws a jab but it's blocked by dos Santos.
Katsumoto throws a big shot that misses.
dos Santos misses with a body kick.
Katsumoto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent dos Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
dos Santos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katsumoto.
A clash of legs there as Katsumoto blocks the low kick.
Katsumoto scoring well with a low kick there.
Katsumoto misses with a head kick.
Katsumoto works dos Santos's body with a nice hook.
Takashi Katsumoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Katsumoto is looking to slow dos Santos down with leg kicks.
Katsumoto connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A combination from dos Santos does no damage.
Katsumoto lands a glancing blow to the side of dos Santos's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto walks into a straight right hand from dos Santos.
Katsumoto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Katsumoto closes the distance and pushes dos Santos back into the cage.
dos Santos misses with the head strike.
Katsumoto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. dos Santos is defending well for now.
Katsumoto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
dos Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Katsumoto tries to throw a body punch but dos Santos avoids it by throwing Katsumoto back against the cage.
Katsumoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Geronimo dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from dos Santos fails to land.
dos Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto misses with an elbow over the top.
dos Santos scores with a shoulder strike.
Katsumoto throws an elbow but it misses.
dos Santos misses with a body punch.
Katsumoto leaning his opponent against the cage.
Katsumoto lands an elbow just above dos Santos 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto swings wildly with an uppercut but dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
dos Santos misses with some punches.
dos Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Katsumoto.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Katsumoto.
dos Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katsumoto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Katsumoto wants to get back to striking at distance but dos Santos won't allow it.
Katsumoto lands a hook that snaps the head of dos Santos backwards.
dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Katsumoto controls his hands.
Katsumoto wants to stall.
Katsumoto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Katsumoto lands with a short shot to the head.
dos Santos pushes Katsumoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
dos Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Katsumotos head.
dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Katsumoto controls his hands.
dos Santos lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos misses with the head strike.
Katsumoto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
dos Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
dos Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Katsumoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
dos Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
dos Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
dos Santos works on Katsumoto's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from dos Santos fails to land.
dos Santos blocks a body shot from Katsumoto.
Nice body punch from dos Santos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katsumoto blocking some punches.
Katsumoto is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Katsumoto pushes off an throws an elbow but dos Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
dos Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
dos Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Katsumoto throws an elbow but it misses.
dos Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Katsumoto tries to stall but dos Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
dos Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Katsumoto is breathing heavily.
Katsumoto lands a right hand.
dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Katsumoto tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
dos Santos scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Katsumoto trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos tries for a takedown but Katsumoto manages to get underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for dos Santos.
Katsumoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by dos Santos as Katsumoto tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Geronimo dos Santos will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
dos Santos drives through with a takedown into Katsumoto's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
dos Santos trying to control but Katsumoto is working from the bottom.
dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Katsumoto can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as dos Santos controls the pace.
dos Santos slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Katsumoto is trying to improve his position.
dos Santos tries to advance to mount but can't.
dos Santos advances nicely into full mount.
dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katsumoto regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Katsumoto manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
dos Santos advances position into side control!
Katsumoto tries to buck dos Santos off but dos Santos is having none of it.
Katsumoto is not content to let dos Santos control the position.
Katsumoto is looking to regain half guard here but dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
dos Santos wants to control but Katsumoto is keeping him busy.
dos Santos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto is trying to improve his position.
Katsumoto gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
dos Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Katsumoto is looking to escape.
Katsumoto can't escape the position.
dos Santos tries to control but Katsumoto wriggling away.
Katsumoto tries to reverse the position but dos Santos maintains control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Katsumoto is squirming around, avoiding dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Katsumoto wants to hold on but dos Santos pushes him away.
Katsumoto is desperately trying to improve his position but dos Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katsumoto is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
dos Santos trying to control but Katsumoto is having none of it.
dos Santos looking to control and managing it successfully.
dos Santos landing punches.
dos Santos tries to control but Katsumoto wriggling away.
Katsumoto is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos controlling his opponent.
dos Santos blocks Katsumoto's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Katsumoto is in all sorts of trouble here.
Katsumoto is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Katsumoto is trying desperately to improve position.
dos Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Katsumoto is squirming around, avoiding dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geronimo dos Santos clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Katsumoto gets a clinch.
dos Santos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
dos Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by dos Santos.
Katsumoto lands an elbow that stopped dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Katsumoto is trying to stall.
dos Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katsumoto backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for dos Santos.
dos Santos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Katsumoto backwards.
dos Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
dos Santos gets through Katsumoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Katsumoto.
Katsumoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Katsumoto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but dos Santos is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Katsumoto, against the cage.
dos Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
dos Santos throws a head punch that misses.
dos Santos tries to throw a body punch but Katsumoto avoids it by throwing dos Santos back against the cage.
Katsumoto has had enough of the clinch but dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Katsumoto lands a nice uppercut.
Katsumoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
dos Santos throws a head punch that misses.
dos Santos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Katsumoto backwards.
dos Santos scores with a hook to the body.
Katsumoto is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
dos Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by Katsumoto.
dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
dos Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
dos Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
dos Santos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Katsumoto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Katsumoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Katsumoto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Katsumoto blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, dos Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
dos Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Katsumoto is rocked!
dos Santos lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Katsumoto to his knees! dos Santos keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Geronimo dos Santos!
After the big win, Geronimo dos Santos made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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