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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Cosmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cosmo comes to the cage accompanied by Voyager by Daft Punk. Andre Santos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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160 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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173 cm
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155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hans Cosmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosmo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hans Cosmo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cosmo. Cosmo obviously looking to wear him down.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cosmo.
Santos checks a leg kick nicely.
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Cosmo counters with a stiff right hand.
Santos blocks a head kick by Cosmo.
Cosmo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cosmo misses with a kick to the body.
Santos works the jab nicely.
Santos staying out of range there.
Cosmo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos looks to land a left hand but Cosmo moved out of range nicely.
Cosmo scores with a leg kick.
Cosmo lands with a slapping head kick.
Cosmo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Santos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cosmo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cosmo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosmo throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosmo misses with a low kick.
Cosmo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santos.
Cosmo lands with a cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Cosmo.
Nice straight punches there by Cosmo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cosmo.
Cosmo dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut!
Cosmo misses with the combination.
Cosmo cracks the inside of Santos's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos throws a shot from downtown. Cosmo moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Santos.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Santos tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cosmo keeps working.
A lull in the action here as Santos stalls from top position.
Santos has knee on belly momentarily but Cosmo bucks him off and regains half guard.
Cosmo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cosmo tries to get out of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Cosmo dominated that 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.
Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cosmo keeps Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Cosmo misses with a low kick.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Cosmo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Santos checks it well.
Cosmo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cosmo throws a nice outside leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos misses with a hook
and Cosmo counters with an inside leg kick.
Hans Cosmo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Santos as he checks the leg kick.
Cosmo throws a push kick but Santos slaps the foot to one side.
Cosmo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Cosmo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hans Cosmo is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos blocks a head kick by Cosmo.
Cosmo scores with a head kick.
Hans Cosmo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cosmo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos.
Cosmo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cosmo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosmo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santos.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cosmo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cosmo throws a low kick but it's checked well by Santos.
Cosmo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cosmo looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice takedown defense from Cosmo. No joy for Santos on that attempt.
Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab lands there for Cosmo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosmo misses with a two punch combination.
Santos throws a hook but Cosmo avoids it easily.
Cosmo throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Cosmo's shoulder, as Cosmo tries to avoid the shot.
Cosmo avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cosmo. That one must have hurt.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Cosmo is out of range.
Cosmo throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Cosmo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cosmo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosmo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cosmo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cosmo scoring well with a low kick there.
Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cosmo.
Santos checks a low kick from Cosmo.
Cosmo looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
A punch combination from Cosmo misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cosmo scores with a jab.
Cosmo avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cosmo was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Cosmo dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cosmo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santos's sensitive parts.
Cosmo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cosmo tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Cosmo.
Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
A head kick misses from Cosmo.
Cosmo throws a low kick, looking for Santos's leg but Santos calmly moves out of range.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos scores a takedown into full mount!
Cosmo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos trying to control the action but Cosmo is working from the bottom.
Santos works his way into full mount!
Santos misses with a head shot.
Santos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Santos is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Cosmo has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Cosmo!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos has a closed guard, preventing Cosmo from standing up.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Santos pushes Cosmo off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cosmo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cosmo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cosmo is looking to score with low kicks.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cosmo keeps Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Cosmo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a hook to the side of Cosmo's head but Cosmo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cosmo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Santos throws a looping overhand right but Cosmo ducks down to avoid it.
Santos misses the jab.
Cosmo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cosmo lands with a nice body kick.
Cosmo fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cosmo tries to land a front kick but Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos misses the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hans Cosmo.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cosmo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Hans Cosmo!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Hans Cosmo!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Hans Cosmo!
Hans Cosmo wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Hans Cosmo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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