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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Ledger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ledger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Machine Head by Bush kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Heath Ledger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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200 lbs
8 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christian dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heath Ledger!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
dos Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
dos Santos shoots and misses
and Ledger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ledger avoids a kick to the body.
Ledger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ledger looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for dos Santos!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ledger is trying to take his opponent's back.
Ledger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ledger cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ledger takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ledger with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Ledger controlling from mount.
Ledger gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
dos Santos fails with the takedown
and Ledger counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos is looking to clinch.
dos Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ledger counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
dos Santos keeping full guard, as Ledger tries to pass.
Ledger is fighting to break dos Santos's control of his arms but dos Santos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Ledger pushes down on dos Santos's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Ledger works his way into full mount!
Ledger has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dos Santos's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ledger is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Christian dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ledger avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Christian dos Santos has been cut.
dos Santos with a poor takedown
and Ledger counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ledger stalling.
dos Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Ledger tries to stand and escape but dos Santos is controlling the position.
Ledger not doing much here.
Ledger wants to free his trapped foot but dos Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
dos Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
dos Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ledger stands and throws dos Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos wants to control but Ledger postures up.
Ledger working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Ledger wants to lay and pray for a moment but dos Santos keeps working.
Ledger decides to stand back up.
Ledger throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. dos Santos tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ledger is in dos Santos's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ledger tries to free his leg and advance position but dos Santos is retaining full guard.
Ledger must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ledger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ledger wanted to stand there but dos Santos had control of the position.
dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ledger defends it easily.
Ledger looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dos Santos has his foot on Ledger's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ledger works his way back into a safe position though.
Ledger postures up in dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but dos Santos blocks it.
Ledger wants to control from the top but dos Santos keeps moving.
Ledger seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
dos Santos keeping full guard, as Ledger tries to pass.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ledger slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Heath Ledger has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ledger slips a jab from dos Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heath Ledger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian dos Santos's cut.
That's time! dos Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ledger displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dos Santos.
dos Santos is looking to clinch but Ledger is avoiding it.
Ledger with a nice cross.
dos Santos fails with the takedown
and Ledger counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for dos Santos!
dos Santos taking shots to the head.
dos Santos sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ground and pound from Ledger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ledger is sneakily working for an arm triangle but dos Santos sees it coming and defends easily.
dos Santos won't allow Ledger to pass to mount.
Ledger passes to side control.
The referee asks Ledger politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ledger prefers to stall for the moment though.
dos Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ledger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for dos Santos.
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Ledger from controlling successfully.
dos Santos looking for a triangle here. Ledger is fighting it but it looks tight! dos Santos pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Ledger is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Christian dos Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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