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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norton has chosen Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Norton!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Santos misses with a wild combination.
Norton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Norton dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Norton shoots in and bounces Santos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Norton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
Santos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Norton on the ground.
Norton trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Norton slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton stalling.
Norton wants to take a breather but Santos is having none of it.
Norton wants to pass to mount but Santos is defending the position.
That's two 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.
Norton wants to take a breather but Santos is having none of it.
Santos is trying to escape back to his feet but Norton uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Santos is pushing Norton's head away, looking to escape. Norton manages to hold on to the position though.
Norton working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Norton looks gassed!
Norton tries for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos prevents Norton from moving into mount.
Santos tries to escape but Norton is in control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Norton tries to advance to mount but Santos denies him.
Norton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Norton is controlling him well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Norton fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos throws a right hand that Norton ducks under and follows up with a left that Norton also avoids with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Norton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Santos circles away.
Miguel Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Norton.
Norton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Norton swinging wilding here.
Miguel Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Norton closes the distance and clinches up with Santos, looking for a takedown. Norton pushes Santos against the cage but Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Norton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santos!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Norton dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Norton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Norton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Norton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Norton.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Santos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Santos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Santos duly obliges.
Norton is rocked!
Santos drops his shoulder and cracks Norton with a huge uppercut! Norton goes down! Can Santos finish him?
Norton is still in real trouble! Can Santos finish him?
Norton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Norton looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.
Norton seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norton tries to strike from the bottom.
Norton is breathing heavily.
Norton has his foot on Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Norton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santos would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Norton wants to improve his position but instead Santos has moved into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Norton wants to improve his position but Santos is controlling well.
Norton works his way to full guard. Good work.
Norton tries to strike from the bottom.
Norton looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Norton wants to hit a switch here but Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Norton there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Norton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Santos prevents Norton from getting the reversal.
Santos wants to stand but Santos is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Norton tries to reverse the position but Santos maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Norton is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Norton bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Norton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Norton slips nicely into half guard.
Norton trying to pass the guard but Santos defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Norton working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Santos 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!
Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Norton fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Norton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Norton has a takedown stuffed.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horrible takedown by Norton or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Miguel Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Norton.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Norton takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Miguel Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norton shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santos.
Norton tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santos swivels and escapes.
Santos cracks a nice hook into Norton's ribs.
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Norton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Norton scores with a jab to the jaw.
Norton pushes Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Norton tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Norton drops back down to his feet.
Norton prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Norton gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Santos regains guard.
Norton 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.
Norton drops back looking for a leg! Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Santos manages to kick Norton off! Norton jumps back into Santos's guard.
Brian Norton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Norton trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Norton prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.
Norton throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Norton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Norton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Norton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Norton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of Norton's head.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Norton dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Norton shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
Norton moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Norton trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Norton pushing down on Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Norton is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santos defends it well.
Santos is trying to stand.
Norton seems to be working for a kimura but Santos defends the submission attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Miguel Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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