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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Salama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sami Salama will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sami Salama!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in but Salama avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Salama bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santos's head backwards.
Salama moves out of range as Santos throws a body kick.
Salama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A good leg kick by Santos.
Santos clinches up against the cage.
Santos tries for a takedown but Salama manages to get underhooks.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salama has him pressed against the cage.
Salama lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Salama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salama misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Salama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Salama throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Salama.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salama has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
A right hand to the body from Santos.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Salama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Salama has him pressed against the cage.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Salama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A right hand to the body from Santos.
Salama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santos tries for a takedown but Salama manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bit of stalling here from Santos.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Salama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Salama.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Salama.
Salama misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Salama is defending well.
Santos is tying to control. Salama wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Salama tries to kick Santos off but Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Salama tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Santos manages to move to mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salama's face.
Santos tries to control but Salama wriggling away.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Salama is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
You get the feeling that Salama really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Salama is looking to escape.
Santos 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 controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Salama has worked his arm free - good work by Salama!
Santos swings around for an armbar but Salama sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Santos's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salama gets to his feet - Santos follows without any prompting.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Salama, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Salama against the cage but Salama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Junior Santos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Salama connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Santos swinging wilding here.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Salama which made him look bad.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Salama, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Salama against the cage but Salama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Salama, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Salama against the cage but Salama circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos tries for a takedown but Salama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Salama sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Junior Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Salama keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by Salama which made him look bad.
Nice takedown defense from Salama. No joy for Santos on that attempt.
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Salama swivels and escapes.
Salama displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Santos is rocked!
Salama stuffs the takedown.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salama thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santos if he has to take too many more of those.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Salama is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Santos hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sami Salama!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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