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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Santaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell Wallace is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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254 lbs
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240 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dexter Santaros!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wallace clinches.
Wallace is pressed up against the cage. Santaros has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wallace down to the mat. Wallace avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wallace throws a lazy right hand but Santaros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santaros.
Wallace fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wallace.
A jab from Wallace misses.
Wallace has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Marijuana Gardens in the buildup to the fight.
Wallace will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice jab there from Wallace.
Dexter Santaros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santaros lands with a cross.
Santaros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wallace.
Santaros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santaros digs a good body shot into Wallace's ribs.
Wallace misses the jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Santaros has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Santaros. Those never looked like landing.
Wallace stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wallace wants it to stay on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallace swings for the body but Santaros moves out of range.
Wallace swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santaros takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wallace tried to score with a low kick but Santaros checks it.
Wallace cracks Santaros with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santaros misses with a hook.
Wallace throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice side step and Santaros releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Santaros lands a jab.
Wallace throws a leg kick which misses Santaros's front leg but catches the back leg as Santaros tries to avoid it.
Wallace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Russell Wallace has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dexter Santaros.
Wallace comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santaros looks to score with a jab to the body but Wallace is just out of range.
Wallace is looking to counter punch.
Wallace motions for Santaros to come forward. Wallace throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wallace thumps Santaros with a low kick.
Santaros uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Santaros doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wallace avoids the body shot from Santaros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallace throws a leg kick which misses Santaros's front leg but catches the back leg as Santaros tries to avoid it.
A big right from Wallace misses.
Santaros moves out of range of the body kick from Wallace.
Wallace throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santaros looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Santaros checks a leg kick nicely.
Wallace looks to land a left hand but Santaros moved out of range nicely.
Santaros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santaros jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wallace moves to clinch but Santaros breaks away
and Santaros counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wallace takes the fight into the clinch.
Wallace lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santaros backwards.
Wallace throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Santaros.
Wallace lands a body shot.
Wallace taking a breather.
Santaros working aggressively here.
Santaros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wallace creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wallace lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Dexter Santaros has been cut.
Wallace is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santaros blocks a body shot from Wallace.
Wallace is pushing Santaros up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Wallace misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santaros tries for a takedown but Wallace manages to get underhooks.
Santaros breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wallace.
Wallace needs to keep his hands up - Santaros had a free shot at his head there.
Wallace dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santaros. That did some damage!
Wallace takes a swing at Santaros's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Santaros was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wallace keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wallace swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wallace swings for the body but Santaros moves out of range.
Santaros is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wallace with a body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wallace is looking to chop away at Santaros's legs.
Santaros swings for the body but Wallace moves out of range.
Wallace bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Santaros's head.
Santaros blocks a jab.
Wallace throws a lazy uppercut
and Santaros counters with a right hand to the body.
Santaros uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wallace.
Wallace avoids the body shot from Santaros.
Wallace is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Santaros.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Wallace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Santaros's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A shot to the body from Wallace misses
and Wallace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wallace keeps Santaros at a distance using the push kick.
Wallace on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Santaros throws the left hand but Wallace avoids the punch easily.
Wallace throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wallace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santaros is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Wallace with a body shot.
Santaros throws a jab but it's blocked by Wallace.
Santaros takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Wallace misses the jab.
Wallace lands with an uppercut that bounces Santaros off the cage and back into range.
Wallace lands a nice shot that snaps Santaros's head back.
Santaros avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wallace misses with a low kick.
Wallace's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Santaros connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wallace scrambles back to his feet.
Russell Wallace is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santaros swings widly with a right hand
and Wallace counters with a nice body shot.
Wallace just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Santaros misses.
Wallace lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santaros.
Wallace throwing a counter right hand but Santaros manages to avoid it.
Santaros looks to throw the jab but Wallace is out of range.
Wallace is looking to counter the offense by Santaros and move into the clinch.
Santaros scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Russell Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santaros takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A head kick misses from Wallace.
Wallace has closed the distance and engaged Santaros in a clinch.
Wallace is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santaros can do to turn this around?
Wallace tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wallace scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wallace lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santaros or not.
Russell Wallace has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wallace misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wallace makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wallace tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santaros's elbow.
Wallace misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Santaros.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros has Wallace pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Santaros pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Wallace tumbling to the mat - Santaros dives into Wallace's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santaros avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santaros wants to control from the top but Wallace keeps moving.
Wallace is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Santaros defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santaros trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
Santaros stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wallace swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santaros trying to control but Wallace is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wallace wants to sweep here but Santaros controlling him for the moment.
Santaros working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wallace is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santaros pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wallace is keeping the position for now.
Wallace trying to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice body kick from Wallace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Wallace dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dexter Santaros's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Wallace uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santaros.
It looked like Wallace wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wallace moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wallace misses with a body shot.
Nice body kick there by Wallace.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch but Santaros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Santaros misses.
Santaros lands a glancing blow to the side of Wallace's head.
Santaros looks to throw the jab but Wallace is out of range.
It looked like Wallace wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santaros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wallace is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wallace lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wallace misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santaros! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Wallace.
Wallace throws a hook but Santaros blocks it.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Wallace misses with a hook
and Santaros counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wallace chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That kick from Wallace tenderised Santaros's leg. Santaros is trying to keep his angry face on.
Santaros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wallace.
An inside leg kick from Wallace misses.
It seemed like Santaros was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wallace lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Santaros scores with a jab to the body.
Santaros shoots in and drives through. Wallace sprawls well.
Santaros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santaros keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wallace throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santaros misses with a looping left.
Santaros's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Santaros walks into a jab.
Santaros takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santaros avoids the body shot from Wallace.
The crowd cheers as Santaros lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wallace doesn't seem phased though.
Wallace throws a leg kick which misses Santaros's front leg but catches the back leg as Santaros tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros throws a hook but Wallace avoids it easily.
Santaros uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wallace.
Wallace loads up on a big right hand but Santaros slips the punch.
Santaros lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wallace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santaros fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wallace manages to avoid it.
Russell Wallace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wallace lands with a cross.
Wallace looks to throw a body kick
and Santaros counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wallace attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santaros misses with a looping left.
Santaros slips under a jab.
Wallace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santaros lands a jab to Wallace's midsection.
Wallace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santaros was well out of range. Poor timing from Wallace.
Santaros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santaros throws out a counter right but Wallace avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace misses with an uppercut. Santaros saw that one coming.
Wallace misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Santaros misses its intended target.
Santaros just misses with a punch to the body.
Wallace connects with a right hand. Santaros shakes it off.
Wallace fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wallace is looking to score with low kicks.
Santaros scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace throws a body shot but no joy.
Santaros misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Santaros. That snapped Wallace's head back.
A jab from Santaros misses.
It looked like Wallace wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A bone on bone clash there as Santaros blocks the leg kick.
Santaros throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wallace connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santaros throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wallace throws a series of punches but Santaros avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wallace doesn't manage to clinch there - Santaros circles away.
Wallace misses with a leg kick.
Santaros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santaros feints the counter takedown.
Wallace keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santaros checks the leg kick.
Santaros misses with a looping left.
Wallace half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wallace waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santaros.
Wallace slips under a jab from Santaros.
Dexter Santaros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wallace goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wallace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santaros looks to throw the jab but Wallace is out of range.
Wallace doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Russell Wallace.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Wallace, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Wallace!
During a confident post fight interview, Russell Wallace thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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