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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tiberio Mito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mito comes to the cage accompanied by Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver. Victor Dos Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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166 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiberio Mito!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mito was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
Mito closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dos Santos gets back to full guard.
Dos Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mito has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mito advances to half guard.
Mito keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mito prevents Dos Santos from standing back up.
Mito controlling the pace.
Dos Santos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mito scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mito is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos wants to improve his position but Mito is controlling well.
Mito seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Mito takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tiberio Mito.
Mito drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mito in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mito lands an elbow.
Dos Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Mito is controlling him well.
Mito taking a breather here.
Mito has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dos Santos tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Mito presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mito controlling from mount.
Dos Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Mito landing punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mito pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mito lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dos Santos hang on?
Mito controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mito controlling from mount.
Mito is landing with some decent strikes but Dos Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mito lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mito is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mito controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mito postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dos Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Dos Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mito takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mito lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dos Santos trying desperately to get to his feet.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mito lands a heavy elbow.
Dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dos Santos wants to hold on but Mito pushes him away.
Mito landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dos Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Mito lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dos Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mito controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mito landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Mito has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiberio Mito 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.
Dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dos Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mito shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mito showed some decent athleticism there.
Mito performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mito wants to work for an arm triangle but Dos Santos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dos Santos scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Mito manages to mount him!
Mito controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mito controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Mito controlling from the full mount.
Dos Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Dos Santos regains half guard.
Mito is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tiberio Mito just wasn't active enough.
Dos Santos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mito under the eye.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mito throws a low kick, looking for Dos Santos's leg but Dos Santos calmly moves out of range.
Mito stalks Dos Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dos Santos's face. Dos Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Victor Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dos Santos misses with a straight right.
Mito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mito throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dos Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mito connects with a body shot that sends Dos Santos's belly button to the back.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mito goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Mito moves out of range easily.
Mito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mito tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mito attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mito scoring well with a low kick there.
Mito swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Dos Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mito keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mito to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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!
Mito working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Mito slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mito's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Mito looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mito stays in close to Dos Santos's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiberio Mito dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Mito.
Mito has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dos Santos is trying to break free.
Mito tries a body shot but Dos Santos blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Dos Santos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mito has hold of one of Dos Santos's legs. Dos Santos is fighting the takedown attempt but Mito gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Mito postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mito looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mito prevents Dos Santos from getting back to his feet.
Dos Santos is looking to sweep but instead, Mito has passed into half guard.
Mito prevents Dos Santos from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dos Santos is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Mito jumps into side control!
Dos Santos tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Dos Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
Dos Santos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mito with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Mito.
Mito lands a heavy elbow.
Mito controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mito lands a heavy elbow.
Mito content just to control the position here.
Dos Santos throwing hammer fists to the chest of Mito. What's that going to do exactly?
Mito cracks Dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mito dominating with strikes here.
Mito is landing with some decent strikes but Dos Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mito working the ground and pound effectively.
Mito prevents Dos Santos from getting the reversal.
Mito lands with some strikes.
Dos Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dos Santos taking shots to the head.
Tiberio Mito overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos tries to buck Mito off but he can't manage it.
Dos Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mito connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dos Santos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Mito takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mito lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mito lands a big elbow.
Mito tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mito seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dos Santos for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mito landing strikes from the mount and Dos Santos is in trouble!
Dos Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mito looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mito working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Mito connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dos Santos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Mito with shots to the head and body - Dos Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiberio Mito clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Dos Santos does no damage.
Victor Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Dos Santos does no damage.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy body shot
and Mito counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mito.
Mito showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Mito is having none of it.
Dos Santos is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Mito is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tiberio Mito wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Dos Santos throws out a powerful jab.
Mito looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mito is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mito performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mito scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mito trying to control the pace.
Dos Santos is trying to stand.
Mito content to control rather than advance.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tiberio Mito just wasn't active enough.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Mito slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Mito misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mito.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mito gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dos Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mito 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.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Mito has him pressed against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Mito.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mito gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Victor Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dos Santos misses with a left hand
and Mito counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mito lands a couple of digs.
Mito working some strikes from top position.
Mito is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Dos Santos wants to control the position but Mito says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dos Santos strikes from the bottom but Mito uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Dos Santos is looking to regain half guard here but Mito keeps moving and retains side control.
Mito looks up at the clock and then as Dos Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mito smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dos Santos tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mito controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Dos Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mito sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mito avoids the attempt from Dos Santos to control.
Mito with shots to the head and body - Dos Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mito with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mito controlling from mount.
Mito is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dos Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiberio Mito had his way with Victor Dos Santos in 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. This is the final round!
Mito shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Mito tries to advance to mount but Dos Santos denies him.
Dos Santos tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mito wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dos Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mito creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Mito controlling the position from side mount.
Dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Mito has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Dos Santos!
Mito unloading with bombs!
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos trying desperately to get to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Mito has a good base and remains in mount.
Mito connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Dos Santos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Mito takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mito with shots to the head and body - Dos Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mito landing strikes from the mount.
Dos Santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
Mito cracks Dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mito postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Dos Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Mito content just to control the position here.
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!
Dos Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mito lands a nice shot to the head.
Dos Santos can't escape the position.
Mito sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mito working Dos Santos over with strikes here.
Mito breaks from Dos Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mito controlling from the full mount.
Mito lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mito with a couple of short strikes.
Dos Santos is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Can Mito finish him?
Mito looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mito working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mito sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dos Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Mito with the ground and pound from mount.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Mito scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mito lands a big elbow.
Dos Santos takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mito's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiberio Mito!
Tiberio Mito retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Tiberio Mito thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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