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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Domo Domo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and TJ De Santis (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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276 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Domo Domo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, TJ De Santis!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Domo pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Santis is out of range and Domo settles back down.
De Santis throws a nice looking combination but Domo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Domo throws a hook to the side of De Santis's head but De Santis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
De Santis lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Good exchange - Domo coming out on top.
De Santis fails with a takedown attempt.
De Santis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Domo lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Domo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Santis throws a body punch but Domo moves out of range.
De Santis has a takedown stuffed.
Domo Domo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ De Santis.
De Santis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De Santis tries to close the distance and clinch but Domo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Santis dodges the punch combination from Domo.
De Santis swinging wilding here.
De Santis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Domo counters with a right hand to the body.
Domo Domo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Santis looks gassed!
De Santis staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Domo.
Domo scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Santis in his tracks.
A jab from Domo misses.
De Santis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Domo lands a nice shot that snaps De Santis's head back.
A big right from Domo misses.
Domo connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Santis. De Santis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Domo looks to score with a jab to the body but De Santis is just out of range.
Domo cracks De Santis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Domo cracks a nice hook into De Santis's ribs.
Domo rushes De Santis and presses him up against the cage.
Domo scores a nice knee to the body.
Domo trying to land knees to the body.
Domo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Domo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Santis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Domo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Santis at a distance.
De Santis dodges the punch combination from Domo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Domo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Santis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Domo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. De Santis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Domo tries a low kick but De Santis avoids it.
De Santis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Domo counters with an outside leg kick.
Domo closes the distance and clinches.
Domo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Domo.
Domo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Domo jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Domo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Domo cracks De Santis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Domo throws a one two combo.
Domo cracks De Santis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Domo throws a series of punches but De Santis moves out of range.
Domo fails with a takedown attempt.
De Santis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domo looks to score with a jab to the body but De Santis is just out of range.
Domo stuffs the takedown attempt from De Santis. De Santis gets slowly back to his feet.
Domo misses with a looping right.
De Santis looks to land a combination but Domo avoids it well.
Domo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab from Domo.
Domo cracks De Santis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
De Santis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Domo shoots for a double leg takedown but De Santis sprawls well. He's pushed Domo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Santis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Santis misses with a head kick.
Domo lunges at De Santis with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Santis's hand.
Domo dodges the punch combination from De Santis.
Domo shoots in looking for a takedown. De Santis tries to sprawl out of it but Domo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De Santis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Domo looks to throw the jab but De Santis is out of range.
Domo just misses with a punch to the body.
Domo clobbers De Santis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Santis works the jab nicely.
De Santis closes the distance but Domo moves to the side
and Domo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps De Santis thinking.
Domo takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
De Santis keeps the fight on the outside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Santis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De Santis showed some decent athleticism there.
De Santis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Domo controls his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Domo Domo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Santis moves out of range of the strikes.
De Santis cracks Domo with an open hand slap.
Domo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Santis thows a body shot but no joy.
De Santis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Domo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De Santis needs to keep his hands up - Domo had a free shot at his head there.
De Santis should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
De Santis tries to land a body kick
and Domo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Santis just misses with a punch to the body.
Domo Domo is winning the standup battle so far.
De Santis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Domo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Domo lands the left hand.
De Santis slips a jab from Domo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Santis misses with a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Domo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Domo throws a hook to the side of De Santis's head but De Santis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick misses from De Santis.
Domo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Santis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Santis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Domo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Santis throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Santis has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Santis shoots in for a takedown but Domo shows good takedown defense.
De Santis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Domo.
De Santis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Domo's corner calls for a 1-2. Domo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Domo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Santis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Domo misses the shot to the body.
De Santis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Domo moves away.
Domo misses with a hook.
De Santis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Domo to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice shot by Domo.
TJ De Santis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Santis throws a jab but it's blocked by Domo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Domo.
De Santis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Domo.
De Santis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Domo pinned against the cage. Domo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Santis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from De Santis there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Domo fails with the takedown.
A big right from Domo misses.
De Santis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Santis takes a swing at Domo's ribcage but misses.
Domo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
De Santis wants to get back to striking at distance but Domo won't allow it.
De Santis is trying to break free.
De Santis is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Domo keeps control of De Santis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Domo trying to land knees to the body.
Domo trying to land knees to the body.
Domo goes for a takedown attempt but De Santis pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
De Santis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Domo swivels and escapes.
Domo Domo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ De Santis.
Domo looks to score with a jab to the body but De Santis is just out of range.
De Santis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
De Santis fails with a takedown attempt.
De Santis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
De Santis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Domo counters with a series of strikes. De Santis will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
De Santis bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Domo's head.
Domo misses with an uppercut.
De Santis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Santis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Santis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Domo as he avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Domo.
De Santis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice jab there from De Santis.
Domo falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling De Santis to counter with a crisp jab.
De Santis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
De Santis moves out of range as Domo strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Domo swings for the body but De Santis moves out of range.
De Santis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
De Santis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Domo Domo dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
De Santis throws a series of strikes that have Domo backpedaling.
Domo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Santis keeps the fight on the outside.
De Santis staying out of range there.
De Santis slips a jab from Domo.
De Santis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Domo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Domo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Santis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Santis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Domo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Domo clobbers De Santis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Domo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Domo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Domo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Domo.
Domo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Santis can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Santis wants a takedown.
De Santis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Domo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Santis shoots in for a takedown but Domo shows good takedown defense.
Domo Domo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ De Santis.
Domo throws a jab but it's blocked by De Santis.
Domo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Santis.
De Santis jabs at Domo's body.
De Santis shoots in but Domo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Santis with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Domo to score with a decent uppercut.
De Santis is looking to clinch but Domo is avoiding it.
Domo looks to land a left hand but De Santis moved out of range nicely.
De Santis tries to bum rush Domo with a series of wild strikes but Domo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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.
De Santis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Domo.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Santis.
A head kick misses from De Santis.
Domo throws a front kick aimed at De Santis's knee but De Santis avoids it well.
De Santis fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Domo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De Santis tries to clinch up but Domo circles away and keeps his distance.
De Santis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Domo misses the jab.
De Santis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Domo.
Domo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Santis.
De Santis feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
De Santis stopping the sweep attempt from Domo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santis sitting in guard here, content to control.
Domo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Santis gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Domo Domo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Domo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
De Santis seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
TJ De Santis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Santis won't allow Domo to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Santis looks to land a left hand but Domo moved out of range nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Domo Domo.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Domo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Domo Domo!
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energy
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hype
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