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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dwayne Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Darmody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Lava Lava. Dwayne Dos Santos had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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178 lbs
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180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Good takedowns
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dwayne 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 Amsterdam, James Darmody!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Dos Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Darmody works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Darmody has his foot on Dos Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dos Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Darmody avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dos Santos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Darmody striking off his back but it's not causing Dos Santos any problems.
Dos Santos won't allow Darmody to sweep him here.
Darmody working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Darmody keeps moving.
Dos Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Darmody is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dwayne Dos Santos.
Dos Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos wants to take a breather but Darmody is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darmody actively working from the bottom here.
Darmody trying to control but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Darmody is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Dos Santos there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos looking to finish with strikes here!
Dos Santos wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Darmody keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Darmody slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is keen to just control but Darmody is a slippery customer.
Dos Santos is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Darmody sees it coming and defends easily.
Darmody looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dos Santos seems to be looking for submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos wants to stand but Darmody has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Dos Santos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Darmody closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dos Santos.
Darmody throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Darmody is in Dos Santos's guard.
Dwayne Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Darmody trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Darmody throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Dos Santos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darmody throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dos Santos keeping full guard, as Darmody tries to pass.
Dos Santos throws his legs up looking for a submission but Darmody uses it to pass to side control.
Darmody tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Darmody has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Darmody tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos struggling a bit here.
Dos Santos gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darmody is trying to work for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.
Darmody is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dos Santos defends it well.
Darmody is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Darmody pulls his head out easily.
Dos Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Darmody.
Darmody is trying for a kimura here. Dos Santos looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Darmody wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). James Darmody!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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