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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eduardo Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Good wrestling
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dylan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santos is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Smith finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smith doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Smith manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith stands up over Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.
Smith scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Santos keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Smith connects with a couple of short punches.
Santos wants to get back to his feet but Smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
Santos looks winded!
Santos has his foot on Smith's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Smith works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.
Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Smith distracts Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Santos wants to stand and escape but Smith is having none of it.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santos's guard.
Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Santos's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Santos is trying to stand up here but Smith is controlling him well.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos pushes Smith off looking to stand but Smith dives back in and keeps control.
Santos taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.
Smith in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Santos tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Smith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dylan Smith!
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