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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Malenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malenko has chosen Control Machete - Comprendes Mendes as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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237 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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245 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Malenko!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malenko rushes Dos Santos and presses him up against the ropes.
Malenko jumps guard but Dos Santos stands there with Malenko around his waist. Malenko gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Malenko has a takedown stuffed.
Malenko misses with a takedown attempt - Dos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Junior Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diego Malenko.
Dos Santos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Malenko preventing the sweep.
Malenko looking to pass the guard.
Dos Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Malenko is controlling him.
Malenko trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
That's one minute 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.
Malenko drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dos Santos tries to buck Malenko off but Malenko is having none of it.
Dos Santos is trying to buck Malenko off.
Malenko scoring with punches from side control.
Malenko cracks Dos Santos with a big elbow.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Malenko tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Malenko lands a decent elbow from side control.
Malenko tries for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.
Malenko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dos Santos, who protects the arm well.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Malenko drags him back down.
Malenko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Malenko tries to advance to mount but Dos Santos denies him.
Malenko is chipping away with strikes.
Malenko scores with punches from side control.
Malenko working the ground and pound.
Dos Santos misses with a strike from the bottom.
Malenko wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dos Santos, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malenko stands up and beckons Dos Santos to his feet.
Malenko shoots in but no luck this time.
Malenko fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dos Santos sprawls well initially but Malenko persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos kicks off Malenko and gets to his feet.
Malenko shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Malenko fails with a takedown attempt.
Malenko shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dos Santos sprawls well. Dos Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Malenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Malenko fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Dos Santos as Malenko shoots in.
Malenko shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Malenko dominating with strikes here.
Malenko unloading with bombs!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Malenko pushes him away.
Malenko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dos Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Malenko lands a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malenko is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dos Santos is surviving well by controlling Malenko's body position as best he can.
Malenko looking to secure an arm triangle but Dos Santos defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Malenko dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Malenko changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dos Santos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dos Santos pushes Malenko away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Malenko gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Dos Santos regains half guard.
Dos Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Malenko.
Dos Santos missing with punches from the bottom.
Malenko tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dos Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malenko landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dos Santos is in trouble now - Malenko has advanced to mount!
Dos Santos taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malenko is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dos Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Malenko is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dos Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dos Santos is rocked!
Malenko is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dos Santos has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dos Santos tries to hold on but Malenko postures up.
Malenko trying to control but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos can't escape the position.
Malenko working for a guillotine from mount but Dos Santos is in no mood to give up.
Dos Santos is trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Malenko scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Malenko gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Malenko gets the takedown into side control.
Malenko tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Malenko has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Malenko working the ground and pound.
Malenko working away.
Malenko working the body and head with strikes.
Dos Santos is trying to get back to his feet.
Malenko lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dos Santos down.
Dos Santos is trying to buck Malenko off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malenko is putting a hurting on Dos Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Malenko looks up at the clock and then as Dos Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Malenko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Oh Dos Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malenko scores with a couple of short elbows.
Malenko in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Dos Santos looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Malenko turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Malenko!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
78% |
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