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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Del Spooner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rafael Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Del Spooner!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spooner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Spooner there.
Dos Santos is rocked!
Spooner looks to land a right hand but Dos Santos moved out of range.
Oh Dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dos Santos lands a head kick. Spooner smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dos Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Spooner wants to clinch.
Spooner thuds a left hand into Dos Santos's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spooner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Spooner missing with a left hand there. Dos Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No joy there for Dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos blocks a head kick by Spooner.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Spooner clinches up against the cage.
Dos Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Spooner pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dos Santos takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spooner misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot.
Spooner throws a body kick the misses
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick.
Dos Santos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spooner throws a lazy body kick
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but Spooner shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spooner.
Spooner sends Dos Santos crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Spooner is motioning to the referee to let Dos Santos up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spooner closes the distance and pushes Dos Santos back into the cage.
Spooner drops Dos Santos onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dos Santos is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A shot in the inside from Spooner.
Spooner is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spooner tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Spooner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Spooner prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Spooner has had enough of the clinch but Dos Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Dos Santos tries for a takedown but Spooner manages to get underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Spooner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spooner tries to break the clinch but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Spooner avoids it really well and circles away.
Dos Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Spooner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spooner pushes Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Spooner.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Spooner's efforts to push away.
Spooner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spooner breaks from the clinch.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Spooner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spooner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spooner takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Spooner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dos Santos has Spooner pressed against the cage, preventing Spooner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dos Santos prevents Spooner from breaking the clinch.
Spooner blocks an uppercut.
Spooner takes an elbow to the forehead.
Spooner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spooner can't break the clinch.
Spooner gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos prevents Spooner from breaking the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spooner prevents a body shot from Dos Santos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Spooner walks away with a smile on his face. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Del Spooner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dos Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Spooner.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Spooner is having none of it.
Spooner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spooner lands with a shot to the body.
Rafael Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Spooner scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Spooner throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Spooner leaves Dos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Spooner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Spooner lands a big uppercut and Dos Santos crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Dos Santos looks OK. Spooner waves Dos Santos back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spooner misses with a double jab.
Spooner pushes Dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Spooner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dos Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Spooner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spooner can't break the clinch.
Spooner lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Dos Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Spooner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Spooner scores with a jab. Dos Santos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dos Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
No joy there for Dos Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Spooner tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crack! Spooner connects with the perfect overhand right and Dos Santos falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Spooner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Del Spooner!
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