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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Los Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahti Kaleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marcos De Los Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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192 cm
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255 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
29
255 lbs
8 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos De Los Santos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ahti Kaleva! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kaleva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Kaleva lands a few punches from side control. Kaleva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Kaleva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Los Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kaleva tries to score with some ground and pound. De Los Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Kaleva working the head and body with strikes. De Los Santos tries to improve position but can't. Kaleva working the ground and pound. Kaleva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Kaleva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at De Los Santos to see if he's OK. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. De Los Santos parries the strikes from Kaleva easily there. Kaleva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable De Los Santos to escape.
Kaleva trying to control the position but De Los Santos is working away. Kaleva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kaleva is chipping away with strikes.
De Los Santos manages to get back to half guard. De Los Santos manages to get to full guard.
De Los Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kaleva defends well. De Los Santos working for a triangle but Kaleva defends it easily.
Kaleva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Los Santos's head. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Kaleva wants to control from the top but De Los Santos keeps moving. De Los Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kaleva is one step ahead there. Kaleva passes De Los Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kaleva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. De Los Santos looking for submissions off his back. Kaleva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Kaleva slips a nice elbow through De Los Santos's hands, connecting with De Los Santos's forehead. Kaleva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Kaleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Kaleva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. De Los Santos wants to improve his position but Kaleva is controlling well.
De Los Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kaleva is working away from the top position though. De Los Santos looking for submissions off his back. Kaleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ground and pound from Kaleva. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kaleva connects with a nice short shot to De Los Santos's temple. De Los Santos has a hand on Kaleva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Kaleva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Kaleva with the ground and pound from mount. Kaleva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De Los Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Los Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Kaleva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Los Santos is rocked! De Los Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Oh De Los Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Kaleva landing shots from mount. Kaleva wants to control the pace but De Los Santos is squirming around nicely. De Los Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Kaleva lands a big shot to the head and De Los Santos winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ahti Kaleva! Ahti Kaleva made sure to mention his sponsor, V-Mask Clothing (10%) in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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