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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Santan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Menezes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menezes is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Charlinho, o menino que só queria estudar - Hermes & Renato. Charles Menezes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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274 lbs
10 - 16 - 0 |
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300 lbs
11 - 16 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Erwin Santan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Charles Menezes!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Menezes lands with a nice combination. Santan backs away looking to recover.
Menezes works over Santan's head and body with a nice combination.
A combination from Menezes does no damage.
Santan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Menezes as he avoids it easily.
Santan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Menezes defends it nicely.
Menezes misses with a low kick as Santan jumps back.
Santan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Menezes throws a right and a left that Santan avoids nicely.
Santan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Menezes sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santan somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erwin Santan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menezes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santan.
Santan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Santan tries to advance to mount but Menezes denies him.
Santan in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santan tries to advance position but instead Menezes slips a leg back in to half guard.
Santan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Santan thows a huge punch but Menezes dodges it nicely.
Santan is looking to advance position but Menezes won't allow it.
Santan has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Menezes wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Santan.
Santan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santan unloads with some shots from mount but Menezes bucks and avoids them well.
Santan unloads with some shots from mount but Menezes bucks and avoids them well.
Santan scoring with strikes but Menezes is staying in there.
Santan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Santan really is a fat lump.
Santan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Menezes is trying to stand up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santan unloads with some shots from mount but Menezes bucks and avoids them well.
Santan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Menezes?
Menezes tries to hold on but Santan pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Santan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santan thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santan thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Santan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Santan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Menezes looks a forlorn figure.
Santan throwing strikes here but Menezes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Santan there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Santan unloads with some shots from mount but Menezes bucks and avoids them well.
Santan with the ground and pound from mount.
Santan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Menezes holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Santan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menezes in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santan pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Menezes looks a forlorn figure.
Menezes suckers Santan into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Menezes is now in Santan's guard!
Menezes prevents Santan from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Menezes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santan's head.
Menezes lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Santan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Menezes is controlling him.
Santan keeping moving, preventing Menezes from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erwin Santan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Menezes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santan tries for a takedown but Menezes circles away easily
and Menezes counters with a left and a right that stings Santan.
Santan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Menezes swinging wildly here.
Menezes lands with a nice combination. Santan backs away looking to recover.
Santan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erwin Santan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Menezes lands a lovely overhand right.
Menezes looks for the body kick but Santan saw that one coming.
Santan shoots in looking for a takedown but Menezes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Menezes feints a jab promting Santan to slip. Menezes then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Santan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menezes gets the takedown into side control.
Santan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Menezes lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Santan! Menezes senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Santan out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Charles Menezes!
A relieved looking Charles Menezes 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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hype
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pop
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