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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raimundo Oliveira could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Junior Dos Santos's chin.
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200 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junior Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Oliveira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oliveira misses with a hook
enabling Dos Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Oliveira avoids them all with ease.
Oliveira feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dos Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dos Santos tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oliveira thows a body shot but no joy.
Oliveira steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dos Santos.
Oliveira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliveira.
Oliveira fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dos Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oliveira takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Santos wants to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dos Santos won't be happy with that.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Oliveira scoring with punches from side control.
Dos Santos seems a little lost for a moment, as Oliveira dominates the positioning.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Oliveira grinds an elbow into Dos Santos's temple.
Oliveira throws a strike aimed at the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira tries to score with some ground and pound. Dos Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but Dos Santos denies him.
Dos Santos takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a strike aimed at the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Oliveira landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Oliveira is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Oliveira misses with the ground and pound.
Dos Santos is trying to buck Oliveira off.
Oliveira trying to control the position but Dos Santos is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Oliveira creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dos Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Oliveira throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Dos Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Oliveira working the ground and pound but Dos Santos is defending the strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Oliveira tries to advance to mount but can't.
Oliveira is looking to take a break and control but Dos Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ground and pound from Oliveira seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Oliveira creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dos Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
Dos Santos parries the strikes from Oliveira easily there. Oliveira is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dos Santos to escape.
Oliveira advances to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Oliveira misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimundo Oliveira dominated that round.
That's time! Oliveira's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dos Santos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Oliveira throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dos Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Oliveira counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dos Santos thinking.
Dos Santos closes the distance but Oliveira moves to the side
and Oliveira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oliveira scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Oliveira lands a glancing blow to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Oliveira!
Dos Santos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Oliveira's head backwards.
Oliveira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos looks to throw the jab but Oliveira is out of range.
Oliveira blocks a jab.
Dos Santos tries to clinch
and Oliveira makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Oliveira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oliveira moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Dos Santos wants to clinch
and Oliveira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oliveira ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos closes the distance but Oliveira moves to the side
and Oliveira counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oliveira scores with a sloppy right hand. Dos Santos should have avoided that one.
Oliveira throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dos Santos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Oliveira moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oliveira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dos Santos throws out the jab.
Dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Oliveira to counter with a crisp jab.
Junior Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oliveira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice uppercut lands for Oliveira. That snapped Dos Santos's head back.
Junior Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dos Santos throws the left hand but Oliveira avoids the punch easily.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dos Santos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dos Santos misses with a straight right.
Dos Santos moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Nice defenses there by Oliveira.
Dos Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Raimundo Oliveira is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
A combination from Oliveira does no damage.
Oliveira tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dos Santos swivels and escapes.
Oliveira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dos Santos misses with a lunging right hand
and Oliveira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dos Santos connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Oliveira momentarily.
Dos Santos looks to land a right hand but Oliveira moved out of range.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Oliveira slips a straight right by Dos Santos.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dos Santos's guard.
Oliveira distracts Dos Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dos Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oliveira is pushing down on Dos Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dos Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Oliveira has managed to sneak the leg through.
Oliveira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Oliveira is trying to control. Dos Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Oliveira.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Oliveira there.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oliveira perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimundo Oliveira dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Good shot there by Oliveira.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dos Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oliveira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Dos Santos throws a lazy uppercut
and Oliveira counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Santos has managed to clinch.
A short right from Dos Santos on the inside.
Oliveira misses with a body punch.
Oliveira lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Oliveira fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Oliveira.
Oliveira has Dos Santos pressed against the ropes, preventing Dos Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Oliveira slows down the pace here.
Oliveira lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dos Santoss head.
Oliveira lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Oliveira fails to land.
Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the ropes.
A short left from Oliveira.
Oliveira prevents Dos Santos from breaking the clinch.
Oliveira lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oliveira wants a takedown but no success here.
Dos Santos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Oliveira.
Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut
and Oliveira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Junior Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos gets caught napping as Oliveira dives in and scores a takedown. Dos Santos manages to retain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oliveira wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is keeping the position.
Oliveira makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oliveira advances to half guard.
Oliveira with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Oliveira is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Dos Santos!
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Oliveira looking to ground and pound but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Oliveira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Oliveira looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oliveira with good strikes from the mount here!
It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oliveira is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oliveira looking to control but Dos Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oliveira lands with some strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raimundo Oliveira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oliveira 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight for Raimundo Oliveira!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Raimundo Oliveira!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Raimundo Oliveira!
Raimundo Oliveira wins by unanimous decision!
Raimundo Oliveira took some time post fight to say the following; 'Volte pro Kickboxing, aqui não é seu lugar!!!
Go back to Kickboxing, you don't belong here!!!'.
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hype
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