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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Santz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Says (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simon Says has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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181 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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184 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Santz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Says!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santz throws a big shot that misses.
Says throws a series of punches but Santz moves out of range.
Says misses with a wild combination.
Donk. Says catches Santz right on the button with a cross.
Says misses with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Says.
Santz takes one to the chin there.
Santz is rocked!
Says clinches up against the cage.
Oh Santz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Says breaks from the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Says. Those never looked like landing.
Santz seems to have got his legs back now.
Says takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Says looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Santz connects with a body shot that sends Says's belly button to the back.
Santz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Says closes the distance and clinches.
Says fails to pull the fight into his guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santz.
Says connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santz's face.
Says stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Says lands a nice elbow.
Says is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santz is defending well for now.
Says jumps guard but Santz stands there with Says around his waist. Says gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Says jumps into guard, dragging Santz to the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Says wants to get back to his feet but Santz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Says utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Says swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Says utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Santz throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Says looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Says swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Says scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jose Santz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Says takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Says waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santz.
A combination from Says does no damage.
Santz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for Santz.
Santz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Says shoots for a takedown but Santz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jose Santz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Says.
Santz lands a jab to Says's midsection.
Santz digs a good hook to Says's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santz lands a nice hook to Says's body. Says takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Says looks to land a right hand but Santz moved out of range.
Santz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Santz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Santz stalks Says and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Says's face. Says staggers backwards, shaken.
Santz swinging wildly here.
A jab from Says misses.
Says rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Says throws a hook but Santz blocks it.
Jose Santz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santz scores with a body shot.
Says takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Says drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Says throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Says takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Says throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santz throws a nice looking combination but Says bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santz scores with a hook to the body. Says takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santz lands a nice hook to Says's body. Says takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Says looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Says looks winded!
Says misses with a jab, cross combination.
Good shot there by Santz.
Donk. Santz catches Says right on the button with a cross.
Says looks to land a combination. Santz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Santz slips a straight right by Says.
Santz throws a right hand that Says ducks under and follows up with a left that Says also avoids with ease.
Says takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Says throws a nice head kick!
Santz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Says misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Says pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santz lands with a good body shot.
Santz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Says back to the cage. Santz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jose Santz will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice body punch from Santz.
Santz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A cross from Santz lands.
Santz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Says has time to react.
Says looks to land a combination but Santz avoids it well.
Santz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santz lands a nice hook to Says's body. Says takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Says has taken the fight to the clinch.
Says manages to pull guard.
Says scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santz avoids the head kick by Says.
Says has closed the distance and engaged Santz in a clinch.
Santz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Says manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Says throws a sloppy head kick and Santz moves out of range easily.
Santz scores with a hook to the body. Says takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santz scores with a jab. Says acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Santz ducks under a wild hook from Says.
Santz stuns Says with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Says is breathing heavily.
Says has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Santz finds it's way round the side to connect with Says's head.
Says closes the distance and clinches.
Says pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Says stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Santz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Says drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Says misses with a few strikes there.
Says looks to throw the jab but Santz is out of range.
Says is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Santz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Santz connects with a looping right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Santz.
Says on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Says has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Says throws out the jab.
Santz catches Says with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice cross by Santz.
Says pushes Santz up against the cage in a clinch.
Santz can't break the clinch.
Santz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Says manages to pull guard.
Says looking for a guillotine here but Santz defends easily.
Santz tries to free his leg and advance position but Says is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Says looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Says has his feet on Santz's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Says throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jose Santz is winning the standup battle so far.
Says is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santz.
Santz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Santz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santz lands a lovely overhand right.
Santz lands a nice shot that snaps Says's head back.
Says tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santz misses the shot to the body.
Santz tries to keep at a distance but Says has taken the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Says tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santz smiles and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Says loads up on a big right hand but Santz slips the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Santz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santz.
Santz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Says on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santz with a hook.
Says 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.
Santz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Says throws out the jab.
Says scores with a body shot.
Says takes one to the side of the head.
Santz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Says.
Santz connects with a body shot that sends Says's belly button to the back.
Santz connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Says tries to move into range but Santz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Says.
Santz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Santz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Santz digs a good hook to Says's body.
Says misses with a right hand
enabling Santz to counter with a crisp jab.
Says throws a right and a left that Santz avoids nicely.
Santz tests Says's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Says misses with a looping left.
Says jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santz lands with a shot to the body.
Says with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santz to score with a decent uppercut.
Santz with a nice cross.
Santz takes a kick to the side of the head.
Says drops his hands momentarily and Santz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Says rushes Santz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Says takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Says throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Santz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Says creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santz's defenses.
Santz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Says has him pressed against the cage.
Says jumps guard and drags Santz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Says uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Santz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Santz scores with a shot to the body.
Says wants to clinch up but Santz keeps it at a distance.
Says moves into range and clinches up with Santz.
Says tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Says missing with knees to the body.
Says jumps guard but Santz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jose Santz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Says.
Says landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Says.
Santz tries to break the clinch but Says is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Says fails to land.
Says tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santz avoids it.
Says misses with a knee strike.
Santz letting Says take a breather here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santz avoids a wild elbow strike from Says.
Santz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santz is looking to break free of the clinch but Says has double underhooks.
Says breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Says walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Says takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Says misses with the combination.
Santz scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Santz.
Says misses with a few strikes there.
Simon Says is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santz punishes Says's body with a nice straight punch.
Says scores with a three punch combo!
Santz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santz throws a one two combo.
Santz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Says throws a big shot that misses.
Says throws a right hand that Santz ducks under and follows up with a left that Santz also avoids with ease.
Jose Santz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice straight punches there by Santz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Says back to the cage. Santz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Says misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Santz.
Says tries to clinch but Santz moves out of range.
Santz tests Says's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Says momentarily.
Santz lands a nice hook to Says's body. Says takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Says tries to move into range but Santz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Says lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santz circles away quickly and effectively.
Says throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santz cracks Says with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Says looks to throw the jab but Santz is out of range.
Santz lands a jab to Says's midsection.
Simon Says has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Says misses its intended target.
Santz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Santz jabs Says right on the nose. Says blinks but takes it well.
Santz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jose Santz.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Santz!
Jose Santz tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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