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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davi Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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 Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davi Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Ribeiro is defending well.
Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Ribeiro slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ribeiro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Santos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ribeiro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Santos controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos gets to his feet - Ribeiro follows without any prompting.
Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ribeiro napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ribeiro is trying to control Santos's posture but Santos avoids it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ribeiro blocks the body kick.
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Santos instigates a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is stalling here. Ribeiro is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Santos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ribeiro has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Santos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Santos controls Ribeiro momentarily but Ribeiro frees himself.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Santos seems keen to control Ribeiro's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ribeiro fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos moves into range and clinches up with Ribeiro.
Ribeiro stalling in the clinch but Santos improves position.
Santos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro looking to control.
Santos won't allow Ribeiro to sweep him here.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ribeiro shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ribeiro won't be happy with that.
Santos controls the position.
Ribeiro struggling a bit here.
Santos decides to stand back up.
Ribeiro shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ribeiro fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rafael Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davi Ribeiro.
Santos misses the shot to the body.
Rafael Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ribeiro looks for a takedown but Santos sprawls well.
Ribeiro is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Santos wants to take a breather but Ribeiro is having none of it.
Ribeiro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santos is working away from the top position though.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Ribeiro is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Santos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ribeiro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santos is working away from the top position though.
Ribeiro is looking to get back to full guard here but Santos has managed to pass to side control instead.
Santos decides to stand up, so the ref orders Ribeiro to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Ribeiro shows good takedown defense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro stuffs the takedown.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ribeiro misses with the combination.
Ribeiro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Santos but Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ribeiro misses the jab.
Santos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ribeiro's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ribeiro is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Santos is proving hard to escape from.
Ribeiro slips nicely into half guard.
Ribeiro looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ribeiro lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ribeiro trying to mount his opponent but Santos defends it.
Santos actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Santos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Santos dodges the punch combination from Ribeiro.
Sloppy strikes from Ribeiro. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Santos misses.
Ribeiro doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Ribeiro tries to clinch up
and Santos counters by moving into the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Ribeiro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos looking to score a takedown here. Ribeiro is defending well but Santos drives through and ends up in Ribeiro's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos slips nicely into half guard.
Well, if Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ribeiro is trying to control but Santos manages to pass to mount!
Ribeiro bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Santos managing to control the position.
Rafael Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ribeiro is looking to improve his position.
Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Santos decides to return to a standing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ribeiro with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ribeiro's guard.
Ribeiro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro trying to control the position.
Ribeiro throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos trying to control but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Rafael Santos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Ribeiro scores with a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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