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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arwind Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wellington is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Zebra Katz - Y I Do. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arwind Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rick Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Wellington.
Wellington wants to clinch
and Santos counters with a head kick.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Wellington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arwind Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Wellington doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Wellington throws a head kick that misses.
Rick Wellington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wellington tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Wellington.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Wellington saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Wellington doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Wellington tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Wellington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wellington tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Wellington closes the distance and clinches.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wellington gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos tries to keep at a distance but Wellington has taken the fight into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A frustrated look appears on Wellington's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Wellington crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Wellington struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wellington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wellington is looking to control Santos's arms but Santos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wellington has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets underhooks to prevent Wellington's takedown attempt.
Wellington tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.
Wellington is looking for a takedown.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Wellington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wellington closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Wellington defends the submission attempt.
Wellington wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Santos working for a submission but Wellington is keeping him at bay.
Santos is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Wellington to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Wellington shrugs it off.
Wellington tries to lock up and control but Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Santos looking for a guillotine from mount but Wellington is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Wellington is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wellington but Wellington pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wellington tries to clinch
and Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Wellington!
Santos thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arwind Santos will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wellington closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wellington circles away.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Wellington avoiding damage.
Wellington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Wellington is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
Wellington is looking for a sweep. Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Santos prevents Wellington from improving his position.
Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos wants to take a breather but Wellington is having none of it.
Santos moves nicely into side control.
Santos stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wellington fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wellington moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos shoots in but Wellington avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wellington closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santos counters with a one-two to the body.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wellington defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arwind Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wellington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Wellington tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos pushes Wellington up against the cage in a clinch.
Wellington is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Santos is defending well.
Wellington is breathing heavily.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wellington's efforts to push away.
Santos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wellington is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wellington's head.
Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos passes the guard and advances to mount!
Wellington defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arwind Santos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Wellington will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wellington is trying to control but can't.
Santos decides to return to a standing position.
Wellington takes the fight into the clinch.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Santos avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos stops a takedown attempt from Wellington.
Santos has clasped his hands together around Wellington's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Santos decides to stand up, so the ref orders Wellington to his feet.
Santos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wellington sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santos somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arwind Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wellington avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wellington pinned against the cage. Wellington gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wellington looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wellington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rick Wellington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wellington tries a body shot but Santos blocks it.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Wellington after a bit of a struggle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Santos avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Santos blocks a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wellington throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wellington goes for a takedown attempt but Santos pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Wellington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Santos working for a triangle but Wellington defends it easily.
Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
Santos is pulling down on Wellington's head. It's preventing any offense from Wellington, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos pushes Wellington off and scrambles back to his feet.
Wellington throws the kick towards the body but Santos avoids it.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Wellington shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rick Wellington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wellington's waist but Wellington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Wellington shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santos defends it nicely.
Wellington is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arwind Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arwind Santos!
Our winner, Arwind Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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