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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minotauro Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Jesus comes to the cage accompanied by El Legado-Crack Family. Minotauro Jackson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Santiago De Jesus's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santiago De Jesus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Minotauro Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson with a lazy takedown attempt
and De Jesus moves into the clinch.
Jackson is working for takedown but De Jesus is calmly controlling the position for now.
De Jesus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
De Jesus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Jesus lands a head kick!
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as De Jesus sprawls well. De Jesus wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Santiago De Jesus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minotauro Jackson.
De Jesus fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Jesus takes the fight into the clinch.
Jackson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Jesus gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De Jesus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jackson up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jesus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Jesus stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
A cross from De Jesus lands.
Jackson looks gassed!
De Jesus rushes Jackson and presses him up against the cage.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Jesus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Jackson wants to take the fight to the mat but De Jesus manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
De Jesus lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
Jackson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but De Jesus gets the underhooks and prevents it.
De Jesus prevents the takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus landing knees to the head.
De Jesus has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Jackson misses with an elbow over the top.
De Jesus landing knees to the body.
Jackson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson avoids a wild elbow strike from De Jesus.
Jackson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
De Jesus lands a nice elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Jackson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
De Jesus pressing his opponent against the cage.
De Jesus missing with knees to the body.
Jackson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
De Jesus scores a nice knee to the body.
De Jesus throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Jesus lands a good knee to the midsection. Jackson won't want to take too many of those.
De Jesus is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Jesus as Jackson tries to tie him up.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Jesus.
De Jesus with a knee to the head.
Jackson being controlled against the cage.
De Jesus gets underhooks to prevent Jackson's takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
De Jesus landing knees to the head.
De Jesus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santiago De Jesus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Jesus knocks Jackson to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Jackson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A control attempt from Jackson but he's now mounted!
Jackson is still in real trouble! Can De Jesus finish him?
De Jesus sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jackson tries to reverse the position but De Jesus maintains control.
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
De Jesus controlling his opponent.
Jackson is desperately trying to improve his position but De Jesus has a good base and remains in mount.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jesus sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jackson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
De Jesus content just to control the position here.
Jackson tries to reverse the position but De Jesus maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Santiago De Jesus wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Jackson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Jesus counters with a good, hard body kick but Jackson shrugs it off.
De Jesus throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
De Jesus closes the distance and clinches.
De Jesus throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Jesus takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
De Jesus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Jesus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jackson blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by De Jesus.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from De Jesus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus is struggling to control the position.
De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Jesus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
De Jesus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jackson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Jesus is pushing Jackson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from De Jesus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Jesus using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santiago De Jesus dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
De Jesus closes the distance and clinches.
De Jesus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jackson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jackson tries for a takedown but De Jesus manages to get underhooks.
De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from De Jesus.
Jackson can't get the takedown.
De Jesus scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson looking for a takedown.
Santiago De Jesus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Minotauro Jackson.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Jesus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jackson is looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Jesus leaning his opponent against the cage.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
De Jesus tries to land knees in the clinch but Jackson avoids the damage to the body.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. De Jesus gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santiago De Jesus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Jesus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jackson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jackson avoiding damage as De Jesus throws knees to the body.
De Jesus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoiding damage as De Jesus throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from De Jesus.
Jackson letting De Jesus take a breather here.
De Jesus scores with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Jesus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
With the fighters up against the cage, De Jesus throws an elbow but misses.
Knees to the body from De Jesus.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Jesus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Jesus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Jesus landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Jesus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Jesus crunches a lovely knee into Jackson's ribcage.
A knee to the head by De Jesus.
De Jesus leaning against his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Santiago De Jesus.
De Jesus lands with a slapping head kick.
Santiago De Jesus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Jesus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Jesus drives through and clinches with Jackson against the cage.
De Jesus prevents the takedown attempt.
De Jesus trying to land knees to the body.
De Jesus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jackson avoids it.
De Jesus scores with a shot to the side of Jackson's head.
Santiago De Jesus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
De Jesus lands a knee to the head.
De Jesus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Jesus has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Jesus has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Minotauro Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Jesus blocks the elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago De Jesus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Jesus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santiago De Jesus!
Santiago De Jesus very nearly forgot to thank West Coast Apparel amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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