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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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300 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Santos to the ground. Oliveira is now in Santos's guard.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Santos thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Oliveira lands a couple of digs.
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.
Oliveira slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Santos.
Oliveira lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oliveira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oliveira takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Santos moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oliveira won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Oliveira cracks Santos with a solid left hand.
Santos striking off his back but it's not causing Oliveira any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Santos thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Oliveira wants to stand but Santos is controlling his posture from full guard.
Oliveira trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Oliveira trying to stand up but can't free himself from Santos's guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Santos misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Oliveira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Oliveira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Santos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Santos.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oliveira stands up over Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Santos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Oliveira stands up over Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Santos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Oliveira controls from within his opponent's guard.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to strike off his back.
Oliveira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos striking off his back but it's not causing Oliveira any problems.
Oliveira with a nice head shot there.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
Santos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Oliveira trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Oliveira connects with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira wants to pass the guard but Santos is keeping the position.
Oliveira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Oliveira is out of range.
Oliveira throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Oliveira is in Santos's guard.
Oliveira trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos tries to strike from the bottom.
Santos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Oliveira dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Oliveira drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Santos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Oliveira cracks Santos with a solid left hand.
Oliveira connects with a couple of short punches.
Oliveira with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos tries to strike from the bottom.
Oliveira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Santos tries to strike from the bottom.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Oliveira from controlling successfully.
Oliveira scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oliveira engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Oliveira lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos is rocked!
Santos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Oliveira trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Oliveira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Santos striking off his back but it's not causing Oliveira any problems.
Santos trying to strike off his back.
Oliveira lands a couple of elbows.
Santos punching from the bottom - just letting Oliveira know he's still in a fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Oliveira trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A telegraphed right hand from Santos misses the target.
Oliveira manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Santos on his heels. He'll look to pass Santos's guard now, I'm sure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Oliveira is trying to control the position but Santos postures up.
Oliveira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Oliveira preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thiago Oliveira has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
Oliveira not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Oliveira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oliveira strikes from his own guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Oliveira.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Oliveira has wrist control.
Oliveira trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Oliveira shoots in and bounces Santos off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Santos tries to strike from the bottom.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Santos trying to strike off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Oliveira is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Oliveira trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oliveira throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Oliveira is in Santos's guard.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Oliveira scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oliveira postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oliveira landing some decent shots from guard.
Santos throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Oliveira showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Oliveira slips under a jab.
Oliveira ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oliveira working the body and head with strikes.
Santos misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Santos wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Santos takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Oliveira cracks Santos with a big elbow.
Oliveira lands a strong strike to the head of Santos. That's dazed him! Oliveira looking to finish here. Santos is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Oliveira lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Oliveira!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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