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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oscar De La Torre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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175 cm
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142 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar De La Torre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Torre wants to clinch.
Dos Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
No joy there for De La Torre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
De La Torre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
De La Torre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
Dos Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De La Torre is keeping the position for now.
Dos Santos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! De La Torre is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! De La Torre has escaped and now he's on top!
De La Torre throws a strike but Dos Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dos Santos trying to control but De La Torre is working from the bottom.
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.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and De La Torre dives on top into guard.
Dos Santos throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! De La Torre escapes and throws Dos Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control!
De La Torre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dos Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dos Santos manages to get back to half guard.
Dos Santos tries to get to full guard but De La Torre has control of the leg.
De La Torre thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Dos Santos to regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
De La Torre throws a strike but Dos Santos rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dos Santos trying to control but De La Torre is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
De La Torre is trying to control the position from the bottom.
De La Torre is looking to stand up but Dos Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos drops back, looking for a kneebar! De La Torre looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. De La Torre looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from De La Torre!
Dos Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dos Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dos Santos defending against the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thiago Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De La Torre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dos Santos connects with a right hand. De La Torre shakes it off.
De La Torre cracks the inside of Dos Santos's front leg.
Dos Santos tries to keep at a distance but De La Torre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos trying to stall but De La Torre improves his position.
De La Torre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
De La Torre has Dos Santos pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dos Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow.
De La Torre lands a damaging elbow.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
Knees in the clinch landing for De La Torre.
Dos Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
De La Torre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De La Torre scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Torre throws a knee to the head but misses.
De La Torre throws an elbow that misses.
De La Torre lands an elbow just above Dos Santos 's eye.
Dos Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but De La Torre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De La Torre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dos Santos is defending well for now.
De La Torre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Thiago Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos trying to stall but De La Torre improves his position.
De La Torre is pressed up against the ropes. Dos Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag De La Torre down to the mat. De La Torre avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dos Santos misses with a hook.
Dos Santos slips under a jab.
Dos Santos lands a head shot.
Dos Santos takes one to the chin there.
A bone on bone clash there as Dos Santos blocks the leg kick.
De La Torre tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De La Torre darts in and clinches Dos Santos up against the ropes.
Dos Santos has De La Torre pressed against the ropes.
Dos Santos tries to stall but De La Torre uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De La Torre throws a head punch that misses.
Dos Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De La Torre as Dos Santos tries to tie him up.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dos Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Dos Santos shrugs off.
Dos Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
De La Torre is trying to stall.
Dos Santos is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. De La Torre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Oscar De La Torre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thiago Dos Santos.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
De La Torre scores a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos tries to stall but De La Torre uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De La Torre stalling against the ropes.
De La Torre lands an elbow that stopped Dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
De La Torre stalling in the clinch but Dos Santos improves position.
Maybe De La Torre would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but De La Torre is keeping busy.
Dos Santos wants a takedown but no success here.
De La Torre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos stalling in the clinch but De La Torre improves position.
Dos Santos looking for a takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands with a right to the head.
De La Torre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
De La Torre lands a knee to the body.
De La Torre lands an elbow inside that Dos Santos shrugs off.
De La Torre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dos Santos wants to stall.
De La Torre throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos is looking to control De La Torre's arms but De La Torre gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the ropes.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, De La Torre has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thiago Dos Santos.
De La Torre wants to clinch up but Dos Santos keeps it at a distance.
A combination from De La Torre does no damage.
Dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but De La Torre sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
De La Torre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De La Torre tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De La Torre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De La Torre throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
De La Torre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De La Torre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dos Santos. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by De La Torre.
Dos Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De La Torre tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De La Torre doesn't manage to clinch there - Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos throws a big shot that misses.
De La Torre is looking to slow Dos Santos down with leg kicks.
De La Torre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar De La Torre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Dos Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
De La Torre tries to clinch up but Dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice straight punches there by Dos Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dos Santos.
De La Torre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De La Torre misses with a double jab.
Dos Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De La Torre.
De La Torre fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Torre moves away.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Torre.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dos Santos ducks under a wild hook from De La Torre.
De La Torre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
De La Torre throws a low kick, looking for Dos Santos's leg but Dos Santos calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De La Torre feints and then cracks Dos Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dos Santos down.
Dos Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has De La Torre pinned against the cage. De La Torre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De La Torre is looking to clinch.
De La Torre wants to clinch.
De La Torre slips a jab from Dos Santos.
De La Torre will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
De La Torre scoring well with a low kick there.
De La Torre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dos Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two 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.
De La Torre moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos pushes him off.
No joy there for De La Torre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from De La Torre.
Oscar De La Torre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
De La Torre motions for Dos Santos to come forward. De La Torre throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De La Torre throws a front kick aimed at Dos Santos's knee but Dos Santos avoids it well.
A slow jab from Dos Santos misses its intended target.
De La Torre misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De La Torre throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dos Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dos Santos scores with a nice head shot.
Dos Santos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dos Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Torre lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dos Santos's sensitive parts.
De La Torre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dos Santos scores with a hook.
De La Torre tries a low kick but Dos Santos avoids it.
Dos Santos tests De La Torre's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oscar De La Torre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Torre swinging wilding here.
De La Torre fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos lands a jab.
De La Torre is looking to clinch but Dos Santos is avoiding it.
Dos Santos moves out of range of the leg kick from De La Torre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
De La Torre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
De La Torre fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dos Santos is out of range.
A shot to the body from De La Torre misses
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Dos Santos is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. De La Torre looks calm but he's in trouble here. Dos Santos gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. De La Torre is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Dos Santos lets go of the hold and De La Torre can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago Dos Santos!
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