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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McAlister is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Althia and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking. Junior Dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Duncan McAlister's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 33 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Duncan McAlister!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAlister takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McAlister has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by McAlister.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McAlister tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos appears to be looking for a big counter.
McAlister has Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister pushes Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
McAlister misses with the head strike.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister staying out of range there.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
McAlister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McAlister slips a straight right by Santos.
Santos gets tackled into the ropes by McAlister. McAlister maintains the clinch.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McAlister.
McAlister lands with a light punch inside.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but McAlister won't allow it.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but McAlister has double underhooks.
McAlister prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McAlister moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from McAlister.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos cracks McAlister with a right hand to the side of the head.
McAlister gets a clinch.
McAlister keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
McAlister scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
McAlister working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McAlister has Santos pressed against the ropes, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos scores with a jab.
We've been told by Santos's head coaches at Sydney Shootfighting that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McAlister tries to clinch up.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos lands with a cross.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santos tries to keep at a distance but McAlister has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McAlister lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McAlister working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McAlister tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
McAlister has managed to clinch.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by McAlister.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
McAlister working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McAlister tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos throws a hook to the side of McAlister's head but McAlister sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McAlister looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
McAlister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos stuns McAlister with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but McAlister is just out of range.
Santos looks to land a combination but McAlister avoids it well.
McAlister instigates a clinch.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McAlister throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McAlisters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos throws a right hand that McAlister ducks under and follows up with a left that McAlister also avoids with ease.
McAlister slips under a jab from Santos.
McAlister is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and McAlister takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Santos misses the target.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by McAlister.
McAlister swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McAlister slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
McAlister closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by McAlister.
Santos breaks the clinch.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McAlister keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McAlister.
McAlister misses with a hook from the clinch.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
McAlister lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
McAlister lands a nice uppercut.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McAlister gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
McAlister keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McAlister lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McAlister lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but McAlister won't allow it.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos blocking some punches.
McAlister working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos lands a left hand.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McAlister keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
McAlister working aggressively here.
Santos blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister clinches with his opponent.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from McAlister.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Santos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan McAlister dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
McAlister on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McAlister clinches with his opponent.
McAlister lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McAlister looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McAlister is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos missing with a left hand there. McAlister was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Santos misses.
McAlister closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Santos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McAlister staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santos.
McAlister tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
McAlister tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and McAlister falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Junior Dos Santos!
A relieved looking Junior Dos Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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