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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Delieholy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyman Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 6 - 1 |
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186 cm
24
204 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Delieholy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyman Santos! The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Delieholy misses with a double jab.
Delieholy decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Delieholy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Delieholy works his foot free and advances to mount. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Delieholy looking for a guillotine from mount but Santos is having none of it. Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Delieholy stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing. Santos thuds a left hand into Delieholy's body. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Delieholy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santos. Delieholy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Delieholy persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Delieholy trying to mount his opponent but Santos defends it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos manages to get to full guard.
Santos keeping full guard, as Delieholy tries to pass. Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Delieholy passes into side control.
Delieholy wants to control for a moment but Santos uses the opportunity to move back to half guard. Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos manages to get to full guard.
Delieholy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Delieholy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Delieholy is pushing down on Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Delieholy has managed to sneak the leg through. Delieholy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Delieholy trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Delieholy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Delieholy. Delieholy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Delieholy wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy. Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Delieholy.
Delieholy not landing any meaningful shots this time. Santos has hold of Delieholy's hands but Delieholy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Delieholy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Delieholy stands up out of the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Delieholy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Delieholy prevents Santos from improving his position. Delieholy works his way into full mount! Delieholy jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Santos manages to avoid the submission attempt. Santos looking for a sweep but Delieholy has passed into full mount! Oh no! Santos can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Santos manages to regain half guard. Good work. Delieholy working over Santos with some ground and pound. Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Delieholy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Delieholy dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Delieholy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santos looking for a guillotine here but Delieholy defends easily.
Delieholy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Delieholy controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Delieholy stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Delieholy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Delieholy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab. Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Delieholy.
Delieholy closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Santos's guard. Delieholy trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Delieholy defends well. Delieholy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Delieholy advances to half guard. Santos has hold of Delieholy's hands but Delieholy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Delieholy is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santos doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Delieholy. Delieholy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santos defending well though. Delieholy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Delieholy.
Delieholy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos looking for submissions off his back. Santos has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Delieholy. Oh but Santos has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Delieholy goes limp - he's gone! Santos jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lyman Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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