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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Todd Haskins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haskins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kid Rock - Bawitdaba. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Todd Haskins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafael Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskins scores with a takedown into Dos Santos's guard.
Haskins prevents Dos Santos from getting back to his feet.
Haskins content to stall in guard here.
Haskins wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Haskins from controlling successfully.
Haskins is really struggling to control Dos Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Todd Haskins.
Dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Haskins moves away and avoids it.
Dos Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dos Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Haskins takes a swing at Dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Dos Santos tries to land a leg kick but Haskins saw it coming and moves away.
Haskins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dos Santos motions for Haskins to come forward. Dos Santos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Haskins blocks the low kick.
Haskins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dos Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Haskins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haskins punishes Dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Haskins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos slips a jab and a cross from Haskins.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Haskins moves out of range.
Haskins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dos Santos tries to bum rush Haskins with a series of wild strikes but Haskins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Haskins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Haskins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haskins fails to land the takedown.
A jab lands there for Dos Santos.
Haskins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dos Santos connects with a right hand. Haskins shakes it off.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Haskins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Haskins sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins thuds his right hand into Dos Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos missing with a left hand there. Haskins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Haskins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haskins connects with a crisp jab.
Haskins goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Haskins misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Haskins is defended easily by Dos Santos.
Haskins shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Haskins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Haskins checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dos Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haskins drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Haskins won't allow Dos Santos to sweep him here.
Haskins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Haskins throws an elbow that misses. Dos Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Haskins's guard. Nice move by Dos Santos!
Haskins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haskins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Haskins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dos Santos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haskins moves away.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haskins fails with a takedown attempt.
Haskins leaves Dos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Haskins is defended easily by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Haskins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dos Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dos Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Haskins is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins shoots for a double leg takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Haskins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Todd Haskins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos lands a two punch combo.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Haskins blocks it.
Haskins is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dos Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
Haskins throws a hook to the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rafael Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haskins closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Haskins just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Dos Santos is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins throws a shot from downtown. Dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
Dos Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dos Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick that misses.
Haskins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Haskins blocks the leg kick.
Dos Santos swinging wildly here.
Haskins throws a shot to the body.
Haskins looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haskins slips under a jab.
Dos Santos misses with a jab to the body
and Haskins counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins lands a slapping body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Haskins as he connects with a hook.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Dos Santos throws the left hand but Haskins avoids the punch easily.
Dos Santos slips a straight right by Haskins.
Dos Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from Haskins.
Dos Santos misses with a hook. Haskins ducked under it nicely.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haskins.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Haskins eats them both and turns towards Dos Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
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!
Haskins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Dos Santos throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Haskins tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dos Santos is in Haskins's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Haskins tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Haskins is trying to keep Dos Santos in close.
Dos Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Haskins, up you get!
Haskins shoots in for a double leg but Dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dos Santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Haskins lands a lovely overhand right.
Haskins dodges the punch combination from Dos Santos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haskins blocks a low kick nicely.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haskins gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Dos Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haskins throws out the jab.
Haskins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Haskins scores with a takedown into Dos Santos's guard.
Dos Santos working a defensive guard here.
Haskins seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Haskins pushing down on Dos Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos trying to control here.
Dos Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haskins trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos kicks Haskins off and gets to his feet.
Haskins throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Haskins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos feints a jab promting Haskins to slip. Dos Santos then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Haskins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Haskins is looking to wear down Dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dos Santos wants to slow Haskins down by chopping away at his legs.
Haskins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dos Santos lands with a good body shot.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haskins dodges the punch combination from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Dos Santos enables Haskins to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dos Santos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Haskins manages to get himself to full guard.
Haskins has a closed guard, preventing Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Haskins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dos Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dos Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dos Santos passes into half guard.
Dos Santos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Haskins defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Haskins trying to control but Dos Santos postures up.
Haskins tries to get to full guard but Dos Santos has control of the leg.
Dos Santos decides to return to a standing position.
Rafael Dos Santos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Haskins avoids a kick to the body.
Haskins fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dos Santos sprawls well initially but Haskins persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos gets full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins preventing the sweep.
Haskins looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Haskins from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Haskins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Todd Haskins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haskins trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haskins is looking to work some ground and pound but Dos Santos has wrist control.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Haskins controlling him for the moment.
Dos Santos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dos Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Dos Santos!
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