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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Nujoma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Nujoma might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to King Fantastic - Why? Where? What?. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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168 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sam Nujoma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Miguel Santiago!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago closes the distance and clinches up with Nujoma, looking for a takedown. Santiago pushes Nujoma against the ropes but Nujoma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nujoma fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Santiago to the ground. Nujoma is now in Santiago's guard.
Nujoma trying to control but Santiago is working from the bottom.
Santiago is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nujoma passes Santiago's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Santiago actively working from the bottom here.
Nujoma is working for a kimura but Santiago is defending it quite comfortably.
Santiago wants to get back to full guard.
Nujoma wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
Nujoma content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santiago is trying to get back to full guard.
Santiago has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Santiago looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nujoma is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nujoma works his way into side control.
Santiago looks to move to half guard but instead Nujoma has passed into mount! Damn!
Nujoma with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nujoma tries to control but Santiago wriggling away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Santiago tries to hold on but Nujoma pushes him away.
Santiago tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nujoma can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santiago is looking to escape.
Nujoma is really struggling to control Santiago but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Santiago reaches up to try and control the position but Nujoma seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Santiago rolls and tries to escape and now Nujoma has his back!
Nujoma has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Santiago has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nujoma has his arm under Santiago's chin here. Game over son! Nujoma squeezes tightly and Santiago is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sam Nujoma!
Sam Nujoma decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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