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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 218 p4p, 34 weight class) and Brendan Duff (ranked 342 p4p, 58 weight class). De Santo Cristo comes into the arena with Que país é esse? blaring out of the sound system. Duff is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Determined by Mudvayne. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
22 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brendan Duff!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duff has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Santo Cristo.
We've been informed that Duff has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
De Santo Cristo tries to close the distance and clinch but Duff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duff shoots in but De Santo Cristo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've been hearing reports that De Santo Cristo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Duff throws a shot from downtown. De Santo Cristo moves away and avoids it.
De Santo Cristo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Santo Cristo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Duff lands a nice shot to the body.
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Santo Cristo instigates a clinch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duff's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch there but Duff circles away.
Duff misses with a kick to the body.
De Santo Cristo slips a straight right by Duff.
De Santo Cristo throws an overhand right that lands on Duff's shoulder, as Duff tries to avoid the shot.
De Santo Cristo shoots in and gets a takedown into Duff's guard.
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!
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff keeps trying to improve his position.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of digs.
De Santo Cristo wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
Duff wants to sweep here but De Santo Cristo controlling him for the moment.
Duff is still trying to improve position.
De Santo Cristo is in close to Duff's body, working some short punches and elbows.
De Santo Cristo scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo postures up and lands a big shot to Duff's brow.
De Santo Cristo chips away with some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of elbows.
Duff looking to hit a scissor sweep but De Santo Cristo is one step ahead there.
De Santo Cristo 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.
De Santo Cristo postures up.
De Santo Cristo won't allow Duff to sweep him here.
De Santo Cristo pushes down on Duff's leg and manages to get into half guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Duff keeps working.
Duff wants to improve his position but De Santo Cristo is controlling well.
Duff is pressing down on De Santo Cristo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duff looking for a guillotine here but De Santo Cristo defends easily.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
De Santo Cristo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep.
Duff looking to control.
De Santo Cristo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Santo Cristo is aware though and is defending well.
Duff looking to control.
De Santo Cristo chips away with some ground and pound.
Duff wants to sweep but no luck.
De Santo Cristo lands a couple of digs.
Duff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Santo Cristo's guard.
De Santo Cristo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Duff wants to control from the top but De Santo Cristo keeps moving.
Duff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De Santo Cristo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Duff manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Duff drives through and clinches with De Santo Cristo against the cage.
Duff blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo keeps control of Duff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duff misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow.
De Santo Cristo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duff scores with a shot to the side of De Santo Cristo's head.
Duff gets underhooks to prevent De Santo Cristo's takedown attempt.
A shot in the inside from De Santo Cristo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo tries to work over Duff's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Santo Cristo has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Duff is trying to keep an underhook but De Santo Cristo manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Santo Cristo drops an elbow to the side of Duff's head.
De Santo Cristo lands strikes from half guard.
Duff is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff taking some punishment here, with De Santo Cristo in his half guard.
Duff manages to get to full guard.
De Santo Cristo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo stands up over Duff, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff looking for subs off his back but De Santo Cristo has passed one foot through into half guard.
Duff is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo wants to control but Duff is keeping him busy.
Joao De Santo Cristo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Santo Cristo is trying to work for a kimura but Duff is defending well.
De Santo Cristo lands with a punch from half guard.
De Santo Cristo working over Duff with some ground and pound. Duff looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duff is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Santo Cristo scores with a couple of nice shots.
De Santo Cristo lands strikes from half guard.
Duff is looking for a sweep. De Santo Cristo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Santo Cristo slips a nice elbow through Duff's hands, connecting with Duff's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Duff has a hand on De Santo Cristo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. De Santo Cristo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Duff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Duff tries to hold on but De Santo Cristo postures up.
Duff is trying to escape the mount.
De Santo Cristo cracks Duff with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
BOOM! De Santo Cristo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
De Santo Cristo lands a heavy elbow.
Duff is rocked!
De Santo Cristo looking to finish Duff with some ground and pound. This is bad for Duff!
Duff is still in real trouble! Can De Santo Cristo finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duff tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Santo Cristo working the ground and pound effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Santo Cristo tries to control but Duff wriggling away.
Duff is trying to escape the mount.
De Santo Cristo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Duff seems to have recovered his senses.
Duff is looking to get to half guard.
Duff manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Duff is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
De Santo Cristo cracks Duff with an open hand slap.
De Santo Cristo rushes Duff and presses him up against the cage.
Duff goes for a takedown in the clinch but De Santo Cristo prevents it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
A shot in the inside from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duff backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duff.
Duff wants to get back to striking at distance but De Santo Cristo won't allow it.
Duff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duff's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duff lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Santo Cristo tries to throw a body punch but Duff avoids it by throwing De Santo Cristo back against the cage.
De Santo Cristo has a couple of punches blocked by Duff.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duff.
A short left from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
De Santo Cristo sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Santo Cristo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duff can do to turn this around?
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De Santo Cristo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De Santo Cristo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duff's head.
Duff tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
Duff had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. De Santo Cristo defends it easily.
De Santo Cristo wants to control from the top but Duff keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo landing some decent shots from guard.
Duff has momentary wrist control but De Santo Cristo slips an elbow through the middle.
Duff 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.
Duff has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. De Santo Cristo is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Duff.
Duff sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo is nestled in close to Duff, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take a break and control but Duff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Duff makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Duff.
De Santo Cristo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Duff keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
De Santo Cristo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duff has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. De Santo Cristo is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Duff.
Duff is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo landing strikes.
Duff tries to improve position but can't.
De Santo Cristo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Duff sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo winds up and cracks Duff with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
De Santo Cristo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from De Santo Cristo there.
Duff regains full guard. Nicely done.
De Santo Cristo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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!
De Santo Cristo connects with a couple of short punches.
Duff has momentary wrist control but De Santo Cristo slips an elbow through the middle.
Brendan Duff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Santo Cristo trying to control but Duff is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joao De Santo Cristo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Santo Cristo 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao De Santo Cristo!
A relieved looking Joao De Santo Cristo 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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hype
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