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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shom Harnick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shom Harnick has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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162 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shom Harnick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Victor De Santos!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harnick fails to land the takedown.
Nice defenses there by Harnick.
De Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
De Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Harnick.
Harnick fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shom Harnick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harnick moves out of range of the body kick.
De Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Harnick as he jumps to the side.
Harnick tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Harnick tries to clinch up.
Harnick blocks the body kick.
De Santos looks to land a combination. Harnick sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
De Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Harnick defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harnick shoots in for a double leg but De Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shom Harnick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harnick wants to clinch
and De Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
Harnick blocks a head kick by De Santos.
Harnick misses with a takedown attempt
and De Santos counters with a straight right hand.
De Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Harnick fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with De Santos, pushing him back against the cage.
Harnick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Harnick fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
De Santos lands a jab-cross combination.
Harnick wants to clinch but De Santos slips to the side
enabling De Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Harnick throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
De Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from De Santos. No joy for Harnick on that attempt.
Harnick is breathing heavily.
De Santos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Harnick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Harnick. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
De Santos misses with a double jab
and Harnick counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harnick trying to land knees to the body.
Harnick tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Santos avoids it.
Harnick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santos is defending well for now.
De Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harnick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Harnick as he avoids it easily.
Harnick wants to clinch.
A left lands for De Santos.
Harnick tries to clinch there but De Santos circles away.
Harnick wants to clinch.
Harnick changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Santos tries to avoid it but Harnick manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Santos to the ground. De Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harnick tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Santos swivels and escapes.
De Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Harnick moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Harnick keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harnick stuffs the takedown attempt from De Santos. De Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Harnick darts in and clinches De Santos up against the cage.
De Santos can't break the clinch.
Harnick tries for a takedown. No joy.
Harnick has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. De Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
De Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harnick with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De Santos prevents Harnick from breaking the clinch.
Harnick misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Santos.
Harnick connects with a knee to the head.
Harnick looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harnick is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Santos.
It looks like Shom Harnick has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Harnick sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
De Santos checks a leg kick nicely.
De Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Harnick shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De Santos lands a two punch combo.
De Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Harnick is just out of range.
De Santos misses with a two punch combination.
De Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Harnick on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Harnick tries to clinch up
and De Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position.
De Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor De Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shom Harnick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
De Santos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Harnick eats them both and turns towards De Santos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
De Santos getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Harnick counters with a single leg into guard. De Santos didn't expect that.
De Santos keeping moving, preventing Harnick from controlling successfully.
Harnick has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Harnick trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
De Santos pulls Harnick in close to prevent any damage.
Harnick wants to control from the top but De Santos keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Shom Harnick just wasn't active enough.
Harnick's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Santos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Harnick scrambles back to his feet.
De Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Santos throws a right and a left that Harnick avoids nicely.
Harnick tries for a takedown but De Santos circles away easily
enabling De Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
De Santos misses with the combination.
De Santos lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by De Santos.
Harnick tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and De Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harnick dives in and grabs De Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. De Santos pushes down on Harnick's head and hops out.
De Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shom Harnick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by De Santos.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harnick looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harnick shoots for a double leg takedown but De Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Harnick's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shom Harnick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Harnick. Those never looked like landing.
Harnick avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harnick gets caught flat footed, as De Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Harnick wants to stand and escape but De Santos is having none of it.
De Santos slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if De Santos is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harnick tries to get to full guard but De Santos has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
De Santos controlling the action here.
De Santos tries to stand and escape but Harnick is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor De Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shom Harnick's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Harnick is looking to clinch.
Victor De Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Santos gets tackled into the cage by Harnick. Harnick maintains the clinch.
Harnick looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Harnick tries to clinch but De Santos is having none of it.
De Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harnick.
Harnick tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but De Santos swivels and escapes.
De Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
De Santos throws a series of punches but Harnick avoids them all with ease.
Harnick fails with the takedown
letting De Santos counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shom Harnick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harnick tries to clinch but De Santos moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for De Santos. That snapped Harnick's head back.
De Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Harnick circles away quickly and effectively.
Harnick darts in trying to clinch
and De Santos counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harnick tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos blocks the body kick.
De Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Harnick tries to clinch up.
Harnick clinches.
De Santos tries to break free but Harnick pushes him back against the cage.
De Santos keeps control of Harnick as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harnick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Harnick blocks a head kick by De Santos.
Harnick closes the distance and clinches up with De Santos, looking for a takedown. Harnick pushes De Santos against the cage but De Santos circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harnick wants to clinch but De Santos slips to the side
and De Santos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Harnick's guard now.
De Santos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Harnick is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Santos is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santos passes Harnick's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
De Santos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
De Santos's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Victor De Santos hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice sprawl there from De Santos as Harnick shoots in.
Harnick fails to land the takedown.
Shom Harnick has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Harnick takes the fight into the clinch.
Harnick fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Harnick using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harnick has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Harnick misses with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Harnick wants a takedown but no success here.
Harnick lands a nice knee to the body.
Harnick throws a knee to the head but misses.
De Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harnick is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Santos is defending well for now.
De Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Santos has had enough of the clinch but Harnick keeps him there for the moment.
Harnick tries a knee to the head but De Santos blocks it.
De Santos manages to break the clinch.
Harnick has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Harnick stuffs the takedown.
Harnick takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
De Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Harnick moves out of range easily.
De Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Victor De Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Harnick is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Santos.
Harnick closes the distance looking to clinch
and De Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor De Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor De Santos!
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