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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yu Pu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noli Santander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noli Santander has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yu Pu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noli Santander!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santander changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pu tries to avoid it but Santander manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pu to the ground. Pu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santander tries for a takedown but Pu sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pu clinches up with Santander and pushes him back against the cage.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Yu Pu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noli Santander.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Pu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu holds him up against the cage and eventually Santander drops back down to his feet.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santander jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pu walks away with a smile on his face. Santander gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pu moves into the clinch.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Santander tries to score a body lock takedown but Pu shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Santander looks gassed!
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santander takes an elbow to the temple.
Pu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pu landing knees to the head.
Pu scores with a shot to the side of Santander's head.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santander's face.
Pu landing knees to the head.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pu lands a knee to the head.
Pu lands a left hand.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
A knee to the head by Pu.
Pu lands with a left to the head.
Pu stops a takedown attempt from Santander.
Santander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santander's face.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Pu lands a left hand.
A knee to the head by Pu.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Pu lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
Pu lands an elbow just above Santander 's eye.
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Pu lands a knee to the body.
Pu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santander goes for a takedown attempt but Pu pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pu forces Santander back against the cage and clinches.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Santander shrugs off.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pu lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santander fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pu with a knee to the head.
Pu lands an elbow just above Santander 's eye.
Santander jumps guard but Pu stands there with Santander around his waist. Santander gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Santander jumps guard but Pu stands there with Santander around his waist. Santander gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Santander missing with knees to the body.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Pu connects with a knee to the head.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Santander shrugs off.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu holds him up against the cage and eventually Santander drops back down to his feet.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Pu.
Santander's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Santander fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Pu lands an elbow just above Santander 's eye.
Pu connects with a knee to the head.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santander's face.
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santander's face.
Pu landing knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Pu.
Pu lands a left hand.
Santander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pu connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santander's face.
Santander takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santander jumps guard but Pu stands there with Santander around his waist. Santander gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Santander fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu won't allow it.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yu Pu dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pu instigates a clinch.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Santander in his tracks for a moment.
Santander tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pu smiles and moves away.
Pu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu holds him up against the cage and eventually Santander drops back down to his feet.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Still in the clinch, Pu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu lands with a right to the head.
Santander is breathing heavily.
Pu avoids the elbow strike from Santander, against the cage.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Santander takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Yu Pu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noli Santander.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pu lands a body punch.
Pu lands a nice shot to the body.
Yu Pu has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu won't allow it.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Santander in his tracks for a moment.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Santander's ribcage.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Pu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santander backwards.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Santander's ribcage.
Pu lands an elbow just above Santander 's eye.
Santander takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pu lands a knee to the body.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Pu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Pu lands an elbow inside.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pu gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pu lands a knee to the head.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice body punch from Pu.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu holds him up against the cage and eventually Santander drops back down to his feet.
Pu lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pu managing to block the knees to the body from Santander.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Santander jumps guard but Pu stands there with Santander around his waist. Santander gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Santander tries to pull guard but Pu holds him up against the cage and eventually Santander drops back down to his feet.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pu landing knees to the body.
Pu presses Santander against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees to the body from Pu.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Pu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santander's defenses.
Pu lands an elbow just above Santander 's eye.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Santander fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Santander shrugs off.
Pu crunches a lovely knee into Santander's ribcage.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Pu landing knees to the body.
Pu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu lands a damaging elbow.
Pu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Santander tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Santander shrugs off.
Pu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santander lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pu.
Pu is leaning against Santander and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yu Pu dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Horrible takedown by Santander or perhaps it was just good defense by Pu which made him look bad.
Pu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Santander on the side of the head.
Pu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santander can do to turn this around?
Pu closes the distance and clinches.
Pu lands an elbow that stopped Santander in his tracks for a moment.
Pu scores with a knee to the head.
Santander takes an elbow to the temple.
Pu lands an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Pu landing knees to the body.
Santander tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pu smiles and moves away.
Yu Pu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noli Santander.
Pu drives through and clinches with Santander against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santander's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Santander pulls Pu into guard.
Santander throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pu wants to control from the top but Santander keeps moving.
Santander controls Pu momentarily but Pu frees himself.
Pu wanted to stand there but Santander had control of the position.
Santander keeping full guard, as Pu tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santander is looking to sweep but instead, Pu has passed into half guard.
Pu wants to stand but Santander has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santander on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Santander looking for submissions off his back.
Pu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santander keeps working.
Santander is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Pu pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pu is pressing down on Santander's thigh, looking to free his foot. Santander is holding on for now.
Pu keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Santander tries to roll over but Pu keeps him under control.
Pu controlling the action here.
That's four 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.
Santander keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Pu wants to take a breather but Santander is having none of it.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Yu Pu just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pu moves into range and clinches up with Santander.
Pu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santander backwards.
Santander fails to pull guard.
Pu lands a knee to the head.
Santander tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pu just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santander jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pu walks away with a smile on his face. Santander gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pu scores with a jab. Santander acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Noli Santander has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yu Pu is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yu Pu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:25
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yu Pu!
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energy
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RATING
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