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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Louden Swain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julimar Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Swain might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Foreigner "Hot Blooded". Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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143 lbs
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130 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Louden Swain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Julimar Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Swain.
Swain moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Santos gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Swain gets full guard.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Santos has gone for a leg lock! Swain slips out almost immediately though and dives into Santos's guard.
Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santos is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Swain is aware though and is defending well.
Swain stands and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Swain is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Swain gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Swain seems keen to control Santos's posture.
Swain looking for a sweep. Not yet Swain, not yet.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Swain is keeping the position for now.
Swain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Swain takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swain avoids the attempt from Santos to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain controlling the pace for now.
Santos tries to hold on but Swain pushes him away.
Swain content just to control the position here.
Swain seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santos for as long as he can get away with.
Santos wants to control but Swain is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swain prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Swain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos can't escape the position.
Swain content just to control the position here.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Louden Swain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Santos misses with the combination.
Swain wants to clinch.
Swain darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
Santos presses Swain against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Swain is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swain down to the mat. Swain avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Swain shoots in looking for a takedown. Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Swain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Louden Swain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Swain tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Swain defends it nicely.
Santos stuns Swain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Swain sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Louden Swain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julimar Santos.
Swain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Swain tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Swain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swain tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Swain is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Swain darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Louden Swain will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Swain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Swain has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos wants a takedown but no success here.
Swain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Swain sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Louden Swain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julimar Santos.
Santos has his takedown stuffed
and Swain counters with a crisp one two that drops Santos! Swain thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Santos to his feet! Santos is in big trouble!
Santos is rocked!
Swain tries to clinch
and Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Swain fights it but they end up in guard.
Santos is still in real trouble! Can Swain finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swain manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos seems to have recovered his senses.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Swain.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Swain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos goes for a takedown attempt but Swain pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Swain drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Swain defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swain gets to his feet. Santos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Swain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Santos's face as Swain controls the position.
Swain trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
Santos gets back to half guard.
Swain prevents Santos from improving his position.
Swain slows the pace down in half guard.
Swain is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to improve his position.
Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Santos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Swain controlling from the full mount.
Swain's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos tries to hold on but Swain postures up.
Swain takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Swain has a good base and remains in mount.
Louden Swain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swain looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Louden Swain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Swain is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Swain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and Swain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Swain pulls guard successfully.
Santos wants to pass the guard but Swain is keeping the position.
Santos trying to control but Swain is working from the bottom.
Swain looking for a sweep. Not yet Swain, not yet.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Swain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos trying to move into half guard but instead Swain has managed to sweep!
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Swain is proving a slippery customer.
Swain stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Swain as he jumps to the side.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Swain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louden Swain dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt
and Swain counters with a takedown into side control.
Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Swain controls the position from side control.
Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Santos tries to improve position but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos looks to move to half guard but instead Swain has passed into mount! Damn!
Swain controlling his opponent.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Swain maintains control.
Swain controlling the position easily from mount.
Santos working to try and regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Swain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos is trying to stand up.
Santos wants to control but Swain is having none of it.
Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Swain content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Santos is looking to get to half guard.
Swain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Swain takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santos can't escape the position.
Swain controlling from the full mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Louden Swain just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Santos gets the takedown into side control.
Julimar Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Swain is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Santos has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Swain's head but Swain avoids it well.
Santos lands a decent elbow from side control.
Swain is looking to regain half guard here but Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Louden Swain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Swain 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 James Glass scores the fight for Louden Swain!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Louden Swain!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Louden Swain!
Louden Swain wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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