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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Billy Bough!
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, Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bough moves into the clinch successfully.
Bough lands an elbow inside.
Bough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos stuffs the takedown.
Bough throws a series of punches but Santos avoids them all with ease.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bough. Santos shrugs it off though.
Santos looks gassed!
Bough forces Santos back against the cage and clinches.
Bough has Santos pressed against the cage.
Bough breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bough has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Bough. Bough maintains the clinch.
Bough is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Santos pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Bough using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bough unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bough drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Bough. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bough fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bough drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bough breaks the clinch.
Bough closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Bough manages to break the clinch.
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bough with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bough stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bough manages to break the clinch.
Bough changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Santos tries to avoid it but Bough manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Santos to the ground. Santos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bough tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bough using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Bough holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Bough for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Bough breaks from the clinch.
Bough is looking to slow Santos down with leg kicks.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bough.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bough thumps Santos with a low kick.
Bough clinches.
Bough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bough moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bough looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bough scores with a kick to the body.
Bough with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bough scores with a leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Bough or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bough lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bough tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
Bough is looking to clinch.
Billy Bough seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bough will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No joy there for Bough, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bough tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bough really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bough scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Santos has Bough up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bough gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Bough lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Bough dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bough closes the distance and clinches.
Bough breaks the clinch.
Bough shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bough moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Bough breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bough is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bough wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bough has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santos is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos decides to stand and escape the position.
Bough clinches with his opponent.
Bough pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bough tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos looks for a takedown but Bough sprawls well.
Bough gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bough jumps into guard, dragging Santos to the mat.
Bough pushes Santos off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Bough pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Bough follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Bough closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bough wants a takedown but no success here.
Bough crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bough smiles and moves away.
Billy Bough is winning the standup battle so far.
Bough tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bough tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bough with a poor takedown
and Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Bough. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bough trying to control the position here.
Santos is pushing down on Bough's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bough is fighting to maintain full guard but Santos has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bough is in trouble now - Santos has advanced to mount!
Bough is trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos tries to control but Bough wriggling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bough wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Santos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos looking to control but Bough is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Billy Bough will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Bough moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bough tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Bough misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bough fails with a takedown attempt.
Bough shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Santos pinned against the cage. Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Bough. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Billy Bough is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bough is looking to clinch.
Bough wants to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bough.
Bough is looking to clinch.
Bough fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Bough shoots for a double leg takedown but Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Bough's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bough falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
Santos controlling the position from side mount.
Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bough is being controlled here.
Bough holds on to Santos's head and controls the position momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bough wants to control but Santos postures up.
Santos lands an elbow.
Bough is not content to let Santos control the position.
Santos misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to get an arm triangle but Bough is defending well.
Bough struggling a bit here.
Billy Bough is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos is working Bough over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bough managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Santos.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bough 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Billy Bough!
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energy
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RATING
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