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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timbe Suomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santiago comes to the cage accompanied by Thru My Eyes-DMX. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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217 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Timbe Suomi!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Santiago with that takedown attempt.
Suomi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Suomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suomi tries to free his leg and advance position but Santiago is retaining full guard.
Santiago looking for a sweep. Not yet Santiago, not yet.
Suomi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santiago is keeping the position for now.
Suomi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Suomi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santiago can't keep his opponent in guard - Suomi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Suomi is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Santiago defends it well.
Santiago is trying to get back to full guard.
Santiago gets back to full guard.
Santiago will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suomi postures up in Santiago's guard and throws a big left but Santiago blocks it.
Suomi wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santiago misses with a takedown
and Suomi counters with a shoot takedown. Santiago fights it but they end up in guard.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
Suomi won't allow Santiago to sweep him here.
Suomi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santiago's head.
Santiago keeping moving, preventing Suomi from controlling successfully.
Suomi wants to pass the guard but Santiago is keeping the position.
Suomi 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.
Santiago is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are battling for position here. Suomi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Santiago is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Suomi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago regains full guard. Nicely done.
Suomi wants to pass the guard but Santiago is keeping the position.
Suomi stopping the sweep attempt from Santiago.
Suomi trying to control but Santiago is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Suomi throwing strikes but missing.
Santiago is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Santiago is working hard here to advance position.
Suomi passes into half guard.
Santiago is trying to get back to full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Suomi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Santiago is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santiago's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santiago missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santiago is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Suomi had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Santiago is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Suomi Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Santiago's back instead.
Suomi trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Suomi tightening his grip on Santiago, looking for the choke.
Suomi tries to get the hooks in deep but Santiago pushed the leg off.
Suomi is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Suomi working for a choke but Santiago is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago manages to reverse the position and now he's in Suomi's guard. Nice work there by Santiago.
Santiago with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santiago trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santiago works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Suomi tries to roll over but Santiago keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Santiago.
Santiago decides to return to a standing position.
Santiago shoots and misses
so Suomi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Suomi wants to control from the top but Santiago keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santiago had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Suomi is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Santiago Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Suomi's back instead.
Santiago lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timbe Suomi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santiago scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Suomi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Santiago prevents Suomi from improving his position.
Santiago scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Santiago thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Santiago has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Suomi defend it? Santiago steps over the head and cranks it - Suomi is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Santiago!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andre Santiago!
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