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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Santos's choice of entrance music: Jiu Jitsu. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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174 cm
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181 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Santos!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Wallace shoots and misses
and Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Wallace fights it but they end up in guard.
Wallace throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Wallace is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santos is aware though and is defending well.
Wallace looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wallace is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wallace 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.
Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Wallace.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Santos wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Wallace.
Wallace thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Santos is looking for a sweep. Wallace is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Santos holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Wallace is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Wallace is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Wallace thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
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 is trying to stand up here but Wallace is controlling him well.
Santos controlling the position well.
Wallace thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
Ground and pound from Wallace.
Wallace slips a nice elbow through Santos's hands, connecting with Santos's forehead.
Santos taking some punishment here, with Wallace in his half guard.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wallace is working for a submission of some sort.
Santos wants to control but Wallace is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wallace looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wallace passes to side control.
Santos wants to control but Wallace postures up.
Wallace working the ground and pound.
Wallace is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
Wallace scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Santos to see if he's OK.
Wallace misses with the ground and pound.
Wallace lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Santos down.
Wallace grinds an elbow into Santos's temple.
Wallace tries for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Wallace throwing strikes but Santos manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos wants to stand but Wallace has his arm trapped.
Wallace tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Wallace dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wallace shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wallace showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wallace lands a nice short elbow.
Wallace in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Santos tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Wallace!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Michael Wallace!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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