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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcello Santoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laranja has chosen Fruits and Vegetables as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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171 lbs
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187 cm
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177 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcello Santoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santoro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laranja tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santoro counters with a straight right hand.
Laranja tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santoro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laranja is looking to clinch.
Santoro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Laranja tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laranja tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Santoro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Laranja is looking to clinch.
Santoro misses with a wild body shot.
Santoro lands a nice shot to the body.
Santoro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Santoro sizes up Laranja with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santoro catches Laranja with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santoro thows a body shot but no joy.
Santoro misses with a wild body shot.
Laranja wants to clinch but Santoro slips to the side
and Santoro counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santoro thows a body shot but no joy.
Santoro misses with a body shot.
Santoro looks to score with a jab to the body but Laranja is just out of range.
Laranja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laranja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santoro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laranja tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Santoro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Laranja connects with a solid leg kick.
Santoro lands a nice hook to Laranja's body. Laranja takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santoro is looking to wear down Laranja with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Laranja rushes Santoro and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Laranja tries a knee to the head but Santoro blocks it.
Laranja lands an elbow that stopped Santoro in his tracks for a moment.
Santoro has a couple of punches blocked by Laranja.
Laranja blocks a body shot from Santoro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Santoro.
Laranja lands a knee to the head.
Laranja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santoro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santoro struggles to land a body shot inside as Laranja controls his hands.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Laranja just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santoro's brow.
Knees to the body from Laranja.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santoro lands with a right to the head.
Laranja misses with a knee to the head.
Laranja looking to slow down the pace here.
Santoro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santoro can't find room to land a body shot as Laranja controls the action.
Laranja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santoro swings wildly with an uppercut but Laranja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santoro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Laranja.
Santoro working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santoro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santoro blocks the elbow strike.
Laranja gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Laranja just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santoro's brow.
Laranja slows down the pace here.
Laranja misses with a knee strike.
Laranja tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santoro avoids it.
Santoro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santoro has a couple of punches blocked by Laranja.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Laranja throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Laranja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Laranja blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laranja looking to throw knees to the head but Santoro is blocking nicely.
Laranja looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santoro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santoro throws a body punch but Laranja moves out of range.
Santoro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laranja manages to avoid it.
Santoro digs a good body shot into Laranja's ribs.
Laranja is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Laranja tries to clinch but Santoro is having none of it.
Laranja tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santoro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santoro cracks Laranja with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Santoro jabs Laranja to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Laranja looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santoro scores with a nice head shot.
Laranja tries to close the distance and clinch but Santoro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Laranja takes a jab right on the kisser.
Santoro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcello Santoro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santoro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santoro loads up on a big right hand but Laranja slips the punch.
Laranja closes the distance looking to clinch
and Santoro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Santoro lands a nice hook to Laranja's body. Laranja takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Laranja takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Santoro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oooooh!!! Santoro has knocked Laranja down with a huge combo! Santoro steps away and waves a wobbly Laranja back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Laranja is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Santoro. Laranja falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Santoro!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcello Santoro!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcello Santoro thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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