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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Baltrenaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Baltrenaz comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched. The key to victory for Tomas Baltrenaz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Granite chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomas Baltrenaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Santos!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Baltrenaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Baltrenaz.
Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Santos throws a right hand that Baltrenaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Baltrenaz also avoids with ease.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Baltrenaz looks to land a combination but Santos avoids it well.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Baltrenaz.
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Baltrenaz moves into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Baltrenaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Baltrenaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baltrenaz moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Baltrenaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Baltrenaz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Santos looks winded!
Santos swinging wildly here.
Nice straight punches there by Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santos.
Baltrenaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baltrenaz lands with a good body shot.
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Baltrenaz. Baltrenaz maintains the clinch.
Baltrenaz manages to break the clinch.
Baltrenaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santos's head backwards.
It looks like Eddie Santos has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baltrenaz moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Baltrenaz has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Baltrenaz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Baltrenaz has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to break free but Baltrenaz pushes him back against the cage.
Baltrenaz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santos.
Baltrenaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baltrenaz can pounce on him.
Baltrenaz throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Baltrenaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Baltrenaz breaks the clinch.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Baltrenaz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baltrenaz throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Baltrenaz misses with a few strikes there.
Baltrenaz stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baltrenaz moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Baltrenaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Baltrenaz breaks from the clinch.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Baltrenaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A lazy left from Baltrenaz finds it's target.
Eddie Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos misses with an uppercut. Baltrenaz saw that one coming.
Baltrenaz lands with a kick to the temple. Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Baltrenaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Baltrenaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltrenaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice body kick there by Baltrenaz.
Baltrenaz throws a one two combo.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Baltrenaz jabs at Santos's body.
Santos throws a right and a left that Baltrenaz avoids nicely.
Baltrenaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Baltrenaz!
Baltrenaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Baltrenaz.
Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Santos throws a combination that misses
and Baltrenaz counters with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomas Baltrenaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Santos's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A left and a right from Baltrenaz both land. Nice combination.
Baltrenaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tomas Baltrenaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Baltrenaz misses with a wild combination.
Baltrenaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Santos throws a right hand that Baltrenaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Baltrenaz also avoids with ease.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Baltrenaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baltrenaz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Baltrenaz blocks a jab.
Baltrenaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baltrenaz has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Baltrenaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baltrenaz counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Baltrenaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baltrenaz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Baltrenaz.
Baltrenaz thuds his shin into the meat of Santos's side.
Nice uppercut lands for Baltrenaz. That snapped Santos's head back.
Good exchange - Baltrenaz coming out on top.
Baltrenaz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baltrenaz thumps Santos with a low kick.
Baltrenaz misses with a two punch combination.
Baltrenaz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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!
Baltrenaz tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Baltrenaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Santos in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Baltrenaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Baltrenaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baltrenaz scores with a shot to the body.
Santos throws a shot from downtown. Baltrenaz moves away and avoids it.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Baltrenaz lands a high kick!
Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Baltrenaz thumps Santos with a low kick.
Baltrenaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a combination that misses
and Baltrenaz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Santos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Baltrenaz.
Santos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Baltrenaz.
Santos throws a body kick that misses.
Baltrenaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos keeps Baltrenaz at a distance using the push kick.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baltrenaz scores with a push kick.
A combination from Baltrenaz does no damage.
Baltrenaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltrenaz forces Santos back against the cage and clinches.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Baltrenaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baltrenaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Santos backs up against the cage.
Santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Baltrenaz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Baltrenaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baltrenaz misses with a series of wild punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomas Baltrenaz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eddie Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Baltrenaz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Baltrenaz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Baltrenaz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Santos eats them both and turns towards Baltrenaz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baltrenaz throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
Baltrenaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Baltrenaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a lazy head kick
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baltrenaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Baltrenaz.
Decent striking displayed by Baltrenaz there.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Baltrenaz coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a right and a left that Baltrenaz avoids nicely.
Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Baltrenaz can pounce on him.
Baltrenaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Baltrenaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baltrenaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tomas Baltrenaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Baltrenaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Baltrenaz tries to clinch up.
Baltrenaz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Baltrenaz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baltrenaz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Santos takes a step back to recover.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baltrenaz counters with a two punch combo.
Baltrenaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Santos's head.
Baltrenaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Baltrenaz is just out of range.
Baltrenaz scores with a shot to the body.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Baltrenaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos misses with a combination
and Baltrenaz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That has opened up Eddie Santos's cut even more.
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!
Baltrenaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos stalks Baltrenaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baltrenaz's face. Baltrenaz staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baltrenaz scores with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baltrenaz. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Baltrenaz clinches.
Santos tries to circle away but Baltrenaz has him pinned against the cage.
Baltrenaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Baltrenaz.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baltrenaz throws a head kick that half lands.
Sloppy strikes from Santos. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baltrenaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Baltrenaz throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Baltrenaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baltrenaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Baltrenaz wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baltrenaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Baltrenaz dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Tomas Baltrenaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baltrenaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baltrenaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Baltrenaz circles away quickly and effectively.
Eddie Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baltrenaz has managed to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tomas Baltrenaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Baltrenaz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomas Baltrenaz!
A relieved looking Tomas Baltrenaz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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RATING
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