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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Santucho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Dragon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragon has chosen puff the magic dragon as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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195 cm
27
253 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
275 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Santucho! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Dragon! The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dragon is looking to slow Santucho down with leg kicks. Santucho shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Dragon counters with a good low kick that Santucho was not able to check. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dragon. Dragon closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Santucho to the mat! Santucho manages to get full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Dragon with a flurry of punches that miss. Dragon throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santucho works some decent striking defense from the bottom. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Dragon wants to pass the guard but Santucho is keeping the position. Dragon is looking to work some ground and pound but Santucho has wrist control. Dragon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Dragon is pushing down on Santucho's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santucho is fighting to maintain full guard but Dragon has managed to sneak the leg through. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Dragon missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Dragon not landing any meaningful shots this time. Santucho manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santucho keeping moving, preventing Dragon from controlling successfully. Santucho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Santucho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dragon accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Dragon pushes down on Santucho's leg and manages to get into half guard. Santucho is trying to get back to full guard. Santucho moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dragon passes Santucho's left leg - he's now in half guard. Santucho knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dragon on the ground. Dragon scoring with strikes to the body and head. Dragon works his foot free and advances to mount. Santucho tries to get back to half guard but can't. Dragon with good strikes from the mount here!
It looks like Pablo Santucho has been cut. Santucho on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Santucho tries to get out of the position. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Santucho keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dragon landing strikes from the mount and Santucho is in trouble! Dragon is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santucho can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pablo Santucho's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santucho working to try and regain half guard.
Dragon has hold of Santucho's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Santucho manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Santucho is in a horrible position here. Dragon smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jeez, Pablo Santucho's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Pablo Santucho's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Don Dragon! Don Dragon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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