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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Santana (ranked 21746 p4p, 467 weight class) and Koji Ueno (ranked 4789 p4p, 381 weight class). Mario Santana looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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222 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
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201 cm
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280 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mario Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Koji Ueno!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ueno makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Santana on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've been told by Santana's head coaches at Cozad MMA Hilo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Santana misses with a takedown
and Ueno counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santana is breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santana.
Ueno throws a front kick that sends Santana stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ueno lands a nice looking body kick.
Ueno thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santana if he has to take too many more of those.
Ueno lands a nice looking body kick.
A solid body kick from Ueno.
Ueno connects with a solid leg kick.
Ueno fakes the leg kick and cracks Santana in the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Ueno finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ueno moves into the clinch successfully.
Ueno scores with a knee to the head.
Ueno unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueno scores with a knee to the head.
Ueno lands a nice elbow.
Ueno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ueno lands an elbow inside.
Ueno with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Ueno.
Ueno landing knees to the head.
Ueno lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ueno lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueno putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ueno has Santana pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Santana is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Ueno - that's hurt Santana badly! Oh, another knee lands and Santana is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Santana doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Koji Ueno!
Koji Ueno took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Kore Fight Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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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
91% |
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