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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renaldo Santos Do Mereila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and andreo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renaldo Santos Do Mereila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, andreo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Do Mereila clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Do Mereila is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Do Mereila takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos breaks the clinch.
Do Mereila gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Santos is looking to stand up but Do Mereila won't let him.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Do Mereila. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Do Mereila pulls Santos in to control the position.
Santos tries to stand but Do Mereila is controlling from the bottom.
Do Mereila is looking for a triangle but Santos pushes his legs off easily.
Do Mereila has his foot on Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Do Mereila is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Do Mereila is trying to control the position but Santos postures up.
Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Do Mereila has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Do Mereila trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do Mereila stops Santos from standing up.
Santos looks gassed!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santos blocks the body kick.
Do Mereila closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Do Mereila tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Do Mereila pulls guard.
Do Mereila looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.
Do Mereila is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santos stands up from Do Mereila's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Do Mereila throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Santos decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila fails with a takedown attempt.
Do Mereila closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Do Mereila fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renaldo Santos Do Mereila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do Mereila lands a body punch in the clinch.
Do Mereila tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
Santos clinches up with Do Mereila and pushes him back against the cage.
Do Mereila stalling.
Do Mereila wants a takedown but no success here.
Santos gets underhooks to prevent Do Mereila's takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila wants to stall.
Do Mereila wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Do Mereila tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Santos smiles and moves away.
Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Do Mereila counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Do Mereila stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Do Mereila, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but andreo Santos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Do Mereila. Do Mereila gets slowly back to his feet.
Do Mereila shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Santos as he avoids it easily.
Do Mereila fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renaldo Santos Do Mereila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a lazy head kick
so Do Mereila counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Santos wants to stand but Do Mereila is controlling the position.
Do Mereila trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Do Mereila lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Santos has Do Mereila up against the cage in a clinch.
Do Mereila takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to clinch there but Do Mereila circles away.
Do Mereila circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Do Mereila backs up against the cage.
Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Do Mereila fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Do Mereila trying to stall but Santos improves his position.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Santos manages to pull guard.
Santos pushes Do Mereila off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Do Mereila, up you get!
A head kick misses from Do Mereila.
A head kick misses from Do Mereila.
Santos instigates a clinch.
Do Mereila tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Do Mereila is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Do Mereila tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Do Mereila or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Do Mereila shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila 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.
Do Mereila prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.
Do Mereila slips nicely into half guard.
Do Mereila stands up and beckons Santos to join him on the feet.
Do Mereila keeps the fight on the outside.
Do Mereila throws a leg kick but Santos moved away.
Do Mereila fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Do Mereila persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Do Mereila is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Santos pushes Do Mereila off and gets back to his feet.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Do Mereila counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Santos tries to clinch there but Do Mereila circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos tries to clinch but Do Mereila is having none of it.
Do Mereila wants to clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up
and Do Mereila counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Do Mereila shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Do Mereila moves into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Do Mereila.
Do Mereila is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Do Mereila drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos tries to clinch up
and Do Mereila counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Renaldo Santos Do Mereila will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Santos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Do Mereila. That one must have hurt.
Do Mereila misses with a wild body shot.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Do Mereila, pushing him back against the cage.
Do Mereila taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Do Mereila is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Do Mereila wants a takedown.
Do Mereila is trying to break free.
Do Mereila is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Do Mereila has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Do Mereila blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Do Mereila looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renaldo Santos Do Mereila. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do Mereila tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Do Mereila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Mereila is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Santos manages to pull guard.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Do Mereila is controlling him.
Do Mereila working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Renaldo Santos Do Mereila overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Do Mereila trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do Mereila won't allow Santos to get back to his feet.
Santos pushes Do Mereila off and scrambles back to his feet.
Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Do Mereila decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Santos's guard.
Santos can't keep his opponent in guard - Do Mereila advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Do Mereila is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to stand.
Santos has one foot on Do Mereila's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Santos is looking to clinch but Do Mereila is avoiding it.
Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Renaldo Santos Do Mereila is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Do Mereila misses.
Santos clinches.
Do Mereila drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Do Mereila tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Do Mereila goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila shoots in looking for a takedown. Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Do Mereila keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Do Mereila swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Do Mereila tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Do Mereila looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santos tries to clinch there but Do Mereila circles away.
Santos tries to clinch there but Do Mereila circles away.
Do Mereila closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Do Mereila lands in his opponent's guard.
Do Mereila connects with a couple of short punches.
Santos wants to stand up but Do Mereila is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do Mereila connects with a couple of short punches.
Do Mereila lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Do Mereila accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Do Mereila wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.
Santos wants to stand up but Do Mereila is controlling him.
Do Mereila sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santos is looking to stand up but Do Mereila isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Do Mereila controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
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 Renaldo Santos Do Mereila.
I think Do Mereila has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renaldo Santos Do Mereila!
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