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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sol Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sparky Sampson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sol Dos Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sol Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sparky Sampson!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Sampson throws a jab but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
Sampson shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dos Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sampson is looking to work some ground and pound but Dos Santos has wrist control.
Sampson throws a big right hand that misses.
Dos Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sampson stops Dos Santos from standing up.
Dos Santos is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Dos Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Sampson has double underhooks.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but Sampson blocks it.
Sampson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dos Santos is defending well.
Sampson blocks an elbow strike from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Dos Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Sampson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dos Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Sampson won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sampson avoids it.
Sampson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sol Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sampson shoots in but no luck this time.
Sampson shoots for a takedown but Dos Santos saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sol Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sparky Sampson.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Sampson is avoiding it.
Dos Santos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sampson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dos Santos pinned against the cage. Dos Santos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sampson fails with a takedown attempt.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Sampson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dos Santos.
Sampson throws a hook but Dos Santos avoids it easily.
Sampson misses with a looping left.
Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Sampson back into the cage.
Dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from Dos Santos.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on Sampson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sampson wants to break free but Dos Santos has control.
Dos Santos creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sampson's defenses.
Dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
Sampson looks gassed!
Dos Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sampson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sampson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dos Santos is defending well.
Dos Santos working Sampson over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dos Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sampson's efforts to push away.
Dos Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sampson's face.
Sampson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos pushes off an throws an elbow but Sampson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sampson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with 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!
Dos Santos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Dos Santos.
Sampson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dos Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Dos Santos.
Sampson tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Sampson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dos Santos prevents it.
Dos Santos lands an elbow just above Sampson 's eye.
Dos Santos prevents the takedown attempt.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dos Santos obliges.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Sampson avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Sampson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sol Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sampson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Dos Santos avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sampson takes an elbow to the temple.
Dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sampson lands a takedown into guard.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Sampson is having none of it.
Sampson postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Dos Santos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Sampson, into his guard.
Sampson pushes Dos Santos off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Sampson pushes him off.
Sampson shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dos Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sampson.
Sampson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sampson.
Sol Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sparky Sampson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sampson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Dos Santos was covering up waiting for the punch and Sampson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Sampson is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Sampson is having none of it.
Sampson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sampson postures up and lands a big shot to Dos Santos's brow.
Sampson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sampson throws an elbow that misses. Dos Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sampson's guard. Nice move by Dos Santos!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sampson wants to stand but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Sampson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Sampson keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sampson throws out the jab.
Sampson misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Sampson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Dos Santos. No joy for Sampson on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sampson.
Sampson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sampson is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Sampson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Sampson is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sampson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Sampson keeps it at a distance.
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 Sol Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sampson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dos Santos on his heels. He'll look to pass Dos Santos's guard now, I'm sure.
Dos Santos wants to stand but Sampson is controlling the position.
Sampson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet but Sampson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sampson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sampson throwing strikes but missing.
Sampson has gone for a leg lock! Dos Santos slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sampson's guard.
Sampson kicks Dos Santos off and gets to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Sampson moves out of range.
Sampson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sampson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sparky Sampson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos thumps Sampson with a low kick.
Sampson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dos Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sampson scores a takedown into full mount!
Dos Santos is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Sampson.
Dos Santos wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Dos Santos trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Sampson landing strikes from the mount and Dos Santos is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sampson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dos Santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Sampson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Dos Santos can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Dos Santos blocking the ground and pound.
Sampson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dos Santos?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sampson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sampson is working for a guillotine from mount but Dos Santos frees his head quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sparky Sampson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dos Santos 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sol Dos Santos!
An out of breath and clearly excited Sol Dos Santos thanked Adam's NORTHERN WILD for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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