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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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203 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Santos!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Marco Rivera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rivera doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Rivera darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rivera working over Santos with some ground and pound. Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rivera moves nicely into side control.
Rivera tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Santos is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Rivera is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Rivera is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rivera scoring well with a low kick there.
Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rivera on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rivera moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Rivera misses with a head kick.
Santos blocks a head kick by Rivera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rivera shoots in but no luck this time.
Santos scores with a three punch combo!
Rivera wants to clinch.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Rivera is looking to clinch.
Rivera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Santos jabs Rivera right on the nose. Rivera blinks but takes it well.
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Santos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rivera doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rivera counters with a shoot takedown. Santos fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivera is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rivera is breathing heavily.
Rivera wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Rivera dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivera tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivera wants to clinch
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivera misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera fails with the takedown.
Rivera misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rivera scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Rivera is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santos defends it well.
Santos looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos tries to roll over but Rivera keeps him under control.
Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking for a sweep. Rivera is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rivera missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Rivera works his way into full mount!
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Rivera has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Rivera's attempts to control the action.
Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Rivera.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Santos gets back to half guard.
Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rivera avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Rivera is sitting in close to Santos's body. Santos has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Rivera is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Rivera is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Santos.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rafael 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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FIGHT
RATING
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