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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Maake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neymar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos has chosen Garota de Ipanema as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Maake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Neymar Santos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos looks to land a right hand but Maake moved out of range.
Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Neymar Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a series of punches but Maake moves out of range.
Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Maake misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Santos coming out on top.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Maake attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Maake bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos throws a right hand that Maake ducks under and follows up with a left that Maake also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos throws a combination that misses
and Maake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Maake moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maake pivots, looking for a leg kick but Santos is out of range and Maake settles back down.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Maake tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santos is able to avoid easily.
Maake throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Maake throws a low kick but Santos moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Maake throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos throws a head kick that half lands.
Santos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maake has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Maake circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Maake is just out of range.
Maake takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Santos looks to land a combination but Maake avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Maake.
Maake throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maake looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Maake.
Santos tries to bum rush Maake with a series of wild strikes but Maake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes one to the chin there.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maake feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Santos's calf.
Santos tries a low kick but Maake avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Santos blocks the low kick.
Maake takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Santos throws a combination. Maake tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maake feints and then cracks Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santos down.
Maake works Santos's body with a nice hook.
Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Maake bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Maake rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maake is looking to chop away at Santos's legs.
Maake scores with the left hand. Santos knows he should have avoided that one.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Maake was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Santos.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maake throws a leg kick but Santos moved away.
Maake keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Maake has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A clash of legs there as Santos blocks the low kick.
Maake scores with a decent looking hook.
Maake lands a jab.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Maake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos throws a low kick, looking for Maake's leg but Maake calmly moves out of range.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos avoids the body shot from Maake.
Sloppy strikes from Maake. Those never looked like landing.
Maake scores with a punch to the head.
Maake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Donk. Maake catches Santos right on the button with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maake throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it.
Maake is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Maake scores with a leg kick.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos throws a series of punches but Maake avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Santos is rocked!
Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maake getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Maake finish him?
Maake takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maake displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Maake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Maake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Maake backpedaling.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maake avoids a punch combination nicely.
A quick step to the side and Maake tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Maake connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos throws a jab when Maake was well out of range.
Maake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maake throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Santos works over Maake's head and body with a nice combination.
Maake misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Neymar Santos will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Maake misses with a looping left.
Maake throws a low kick but Santos avoids it.
Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Maake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Maake.
Maake fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
Maake looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Maake tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Maake.
Maake takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santos throws a right and a left that Maake avoids nicely.
Maake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Maake counters with a straight right hand.
Maake takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Maake stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Neymar Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maake tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Neymar Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santos slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Maake back to the cage. Santos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Maake sizes up Santos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Santos swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maake takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Maake.
Maake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maake fires out a quick counter leg kick but Santos just manages to avoid it.
Santos throws out a loose jab but Maake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Maake misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.
Santos blocks a low kick nicely.
Maake tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maake avoids the head kick by Santos.
A big left from Maake misses.
Maake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maake avoids the head kick by Santos.
The fighters circling - Maake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santos is looking for the big counter here.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maake. Maake obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maake is looking to slow Santos down with leg kicks.
Maake misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Maake moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Maake throws a hook but Santos blocks it.
Maake avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd cheers as Maake lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santos doesn't seem phased though.
Maake checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An inside leg kick lands from Maake.
Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Santos tries a low kick but Maake avoids it.
Maake feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Santos's calf.
Santos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Maake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maake tried to counter with a leg kick but Santos avoided it.
Santos tries to bum rush Maake with a series of wild strikes but Maake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Maake was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Maake misses the shot to the body.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Maake bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Maake lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maake motions for Santos to come forward. Maake throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maake.
Santos scores with a hook.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Santos backs away, Maake returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A big right from Maake misses.
Santos throws a hook but Maake blocks it.
A big right from Maake misses.
Maake jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Maake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Maake bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Maake slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos thows a body kick. Maake tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Maake misses with a looping right.
Santos lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Maake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Maake.
Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
Maake scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maake gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maake is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with some punches.
Maake is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Maake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos misses with a low kick as Maake jumps back.
Maake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos tries to score with a low kick but Maake moves his leg out of the way.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maake lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maake misses with a leg kick.
Maake bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Maake throwing a counter right hand but Santos manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Maake.
Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Maake tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santos is able to avoid easily.
Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cedric Maake will probably get the nod.
That's time! Maake's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Maake throws a body kick that misses.
Maake walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Santos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Santos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Santos slips a straight right by Maake.
Santos's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
Maake just misses with a punch to the body.
Maake lands a nice looking body shot.
Santos lands with a slapping head kick.
Maake scores with a leg kick.
That kick from Santos tenderised Maake's leg. Maake is trying to keep his angry face on.
Maake tries to work over Santos's front leg with a kick but Santos checks it.
Maake misses with a looping right.
Santos is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Santos throws a leg kick but Maake checks it.
Maake is looking to counter punch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maake.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maake.
Maake ducks under a wild hook from Santos.
Maake has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maake moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maake connects with a body shot.
Maake tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Maake looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Maake lands with a straight right. Santos didn't see that one coming.
Good work by Santos as he checks the leg kick.
Maake lands a nice shot to the body.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maake cracks Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Maake slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Santos.
Maake thuds his right hand into Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos walks straight into a right hand from Maake - that's dropped him! Maake jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Santos from any more punishment! Santos complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cedric Maake!
A very excited looking Cedric Maake made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Neymar Santos was interviewed post fight and said 'Merda!'.
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