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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edson Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Mcgregor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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206 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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209 lbs
4 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edson Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mac Mcgregor!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Mcgregor.
Mcgregor throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mcgregor moves away.
Mcgregor swinging wildly here.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mcgregor moves away.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mcgregor was well out of range. Poor timing from Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgregor tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mcgregor tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mcgregor doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos throws a right and a left that Mcgregor avoids nicely.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos throws a right and a left that Mcgregor avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Mcgregor does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mcgregor.
Santos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Mcgregor.
Mcgregor tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mcgregor moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mcgregor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mcgregor breaks the clinch.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mcgregor manages to avoid it.
Santos is looking to wear down Mcgregor with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mcgregor throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mcgregor circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Mcgregor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mcgregor tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Mcgregor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Mcgregor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mcgregor slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Mcgregor tries to clinch up.
Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mcgregor drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Santos right on the button. Santos goes down! Mcgregor follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Mcgregor gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mac Mcgregor!
After the fight, Mac Mcgregor was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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