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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Lambert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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154 lbs
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robert Lambert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Santos!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lambert counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lambert postures up.
Lambert in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lambert tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
Lambert passes Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lambert is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lambert knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Lambert trying to mount his opponent but Santos defends it.
Lambert with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lambert moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Santos.
Santos prevents Lambert from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambert working the head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lambert is controlling him well.
Lambert lands an elbow.
Lambert lands an elbow.
Lambert wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Lambert moves into full mount!
Santos is in a horrible position here. Lambert smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lambert controlling from mount.
Lambert looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lambert looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lambert looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lambert's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Lambert cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambert controlling from mount.
Lambert has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Lambert with a couple of short strikes.
Lambert working Santos over with strikes here.
Lambert can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambert controlling from mount.
Lambert connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lambert can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Lambert lands with some strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lambert with good strikes from the mount here!
Lambert punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Lambert dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Santos looks to clinch
and Lambert counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Santos keeping full guard, as Lambert tries to pass.
Lambert trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Lambert is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lambert trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Lambert passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lambert controlling the position.
Lambert seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santos for as long as he can get away with.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambert is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lambert lands some shots froms side control.
Lambert landing a few strikes.
Lambert is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lambert is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lambert off and has taken his back!
Lambert controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Lambert tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Lambert is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robert Lambert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lambert's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Lambert really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lambert wants to hold on but Santos pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lambert bucks Santos off and manages to get back to his feet!
Lambert looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Lambert scoring with some ground and pound.
Lambert advances to half guard.
Lambert trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.
Lambert is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Santos reverses the position - he's now on top in Lambert's guard.
Lambert seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lambert wants to get back to his feet but Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lambert keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Lambert pulls Santos in close to prevent any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lambert manages to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lambert stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lambert wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Lambert dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Lambert shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Lambert was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Santos taking a bit of punishment here - Lambert scoring with strikes.
Lambert has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Lambert postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Lambert controlling from the full mount.
Lambert lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lambert trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lambert breaks from Santos's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lambert controlling the pace for now.
Lambert lands a couple of good shots and Santos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Lambert scores with punches and elbows.
Lambert connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Santos to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lull in the action here.
Lambert is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
Santos is taking damage to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos covers up after that shot from Lambert.
Santos can't escape the position.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Can Santos hold on?! Lambert is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Lambert controlling the position well here. Santos rolled but Lambert kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Lambert landing with strikes.
Lambert throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Santos!
Lambert lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Santos is rocked!
Lambert throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Santos!
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Lambert finish him?
Lambert lands strikes from the back and Santos isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Lambert!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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