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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick De Struicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Struicao's entrance music is Walk With Me In Hell. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
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203 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lionel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos drops his hands momentarily and De Struicao takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Struicao cracks Santos with a good jab.
De Struicao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Santos replies with a solid counter kick to the body but De Struicao blocks it well.
De Struicao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
De Struicao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Santos throws out a counter right but De Struicao avoids it with no problem.
De Struicao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A lazy body kick from De Struicao
and Santos counters with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from De Struicao, right into the meat.
De Struicao wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Santos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Struicao closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
De Struicao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Struicao. De Struicao circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Struicao stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Lionel Santos has been cut.
De Struicao misses the shot to the body.
De Struicao lands a nice looking body shot.
De Struicao misses the shot to the body.
De Struicao throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
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.
De Struicao lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Struicao misses with a looping right.
Santos blocks the body kick.
De Struicao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Granite Gym in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoids the body shot from De Struicao.
De Struicao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Struicao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Santos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Struicao takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
De Struicao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Santos's calf.
De Struicao fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Struicao misses with a wild body shot.
De Struicao is looking to wear down Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Struicao closes the distance and clinches.
De Struicao is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Santos fails to land.
De Struicao working hard to break the clinch.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Struicao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a shot to the side of De Struicao's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
De Struicao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Struicao manages to break the clinch.
De Struicao connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Struicao can pounce on him.
De Struicao scores with a body shot.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Struicao misses with a jab, cross combination.
De Struicao misses with a hook
and Santos counters with a slapping leg kick.
De Struicao misses with a low kick.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but De Struicao bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
De Struicao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Struicao misses with a low kick.
Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dominick De Struicao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Santos looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
De Struicao lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Santos backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Struicao missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Struicao tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
De Struicao feints and then cracks Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santos down.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Struicao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos defending well as De Struicao loads up on a big left hand.
De Struicao fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
De Struicao avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Struicao throws a predictable looking body shot
and Santos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De Struicao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De Struicao works the jab nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominick De Struicao dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lionel Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Struicao throws a poor cross that misses
and Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santos is rocked!
De Struicao sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Santos's defenses. It connects perfectly with Santos's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dominick De Struicao!
A very excited looking Dominick De Struicao rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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