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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drazen Kovac (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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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Drazen Kovac!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovac digs a good hook to Dos Santos's body.
Rafael Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dos Santos rushes Kovac and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Santos has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kovac uses from the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Kovac trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos is pulling down on Kovac's head. It's preventing any offense from Kovac, at least for the moment.
Dos Santos has a closed guard, preventing Kovac from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kovac is controlling him.
Dos Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kovac on the ground.
Kovac trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Drazen Kovac.
Kovac changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dos Santos tries to avoid it but Kovac manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dos Santos to the ground. Dos Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kovac shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown.
Rafael Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drazen Kovac.
Kovac walks into a straight right hand from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kovac under the eye.
Dos Santos tests Kovac's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kovac takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos lands with a good body shot.
Dos Santos clinches up with Kovac and pushes him back against the cage.
Kovac working hard to break the clinch.
Kovac wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Dos Santos is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovac shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Dos Santos scores with a sloppy right hand. Kovac should have avoided that one.
Dos Santos connects with a crisp jab.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Kovac tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kovac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos leaves Kovac with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dos Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kovac is rocked!
Dos Santos throws an overhand right that drops Kovac like a sack of potatoes! Dos Santos dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Dos 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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