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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Chiappinelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
20
195 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francesco Chiappinelli! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rodrigo Santos! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Santos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Rodrigo Santos has been cut. Chiappinelli looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Santos lands an overhand right. Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Chiappinelli as he avoids it easily. Chiappinelli throws a nice looking combination but Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Nice shot by Santos. Santos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chiappinelli at a distance.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Chiappinelli rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Chiappinelli thows a left - swing and a miss! Santos throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chiappinelli on the side of the head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Chiappinelli scores with a three punch combo!
Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Chiappinelli napping and manages to drive through into side control! We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Chiappinelli is looking for a sweep. Santos in side control, throwing shots but Chiappinelli defends. Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chiappinelli is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chiappinelli parries the strikes from Santos easily there. Santos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Chiappinelli to escape.
Santos misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Chiappinelli is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Santos is controlling him well. Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chiappinelli is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Santos misses with the ground and pound. Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chiappinelli is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Chiappinelli wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos working the head and body with strikes. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Santos tries to advance to mount but can't. Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Chiappinelli is defending well. Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Sloppy strikes there by Santos. Santos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Santos has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Chiappinelli is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Santos yanks on the arm and Chiappinelli is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Santos.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rodrigo Santos!
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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
54% |
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