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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogerio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Steven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Hip To Be Square," by Huey Lewis and the News kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rogerio dos Santos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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195 cm
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217 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
23
210 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio dos Santos! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Steven! The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! dos Santos is looking to chop away at Steven's legs. Steven throws a half hearted mid kick. dos Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steven's calf. Steven scores with a takedown into dos Santos's guard. Steven looking to pass the guard. Steven thows a big elbow that misses. dos Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Steven wants to control from the top but dos Santos keeps moving. Steven loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Steven accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. dos Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Steven postures up in dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but dos Santos blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. A nice inside leg kick there by dos Santos. That's going to slow Steven down. Steven will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Steven shoots for a double leg takedown but dos Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Steven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. A jab lands there for Steven. Steven shoots for a double leg takedown but dos Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Steven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Rogerio dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Steven. Steven looks gassed! Steven fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Steven fails miserably with a takedown attempt. dos Santos lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steven's sensitive parts. dos Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Mike Steven has been cut. This has been an exciting period of action! dos Santos tries to work over Steven's front leg with a kick but Steven checks it. dos Santos throws a series of punches but Steven avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round. dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Steven is just out of range. Good shot there by dos Santos. A nice leg kick lands there from dos Santos. A nice inside leg kick there by dos Santos. That's going to slow Steven down. Rogerio dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. The crowd cheers as dos Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steven doesn't seem phased though. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! dos Santos throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Steven is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rogerio dos Santos! Rogerio dos Santos retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
69% |
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