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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Volanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jose Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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265 lbs
1 - 6 - 0 |
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Volanov!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to clinch up.
Santos scores with a one two! Volanov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santos tries to clinch up but Volanov circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos wants to clinch.
Santos has a takedown stuffed.
Santos moves into range and clinches up with Volanov.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Marcos Volanov has been cut.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Volanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Volanov looks winded!
Volanov wants a takedown.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Volanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Volanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Volanov's face.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Volanov's face.
That has opened up Marcos Volanov's cut even more.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos lands a nice elbow.
Santos working Volanov over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Santos.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Santos obliges.
Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos is fighting off a takedown attempt but Volanov is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Santos to the mat. Santos regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Volanov drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Volanov jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Volanov is looking to stand up but Santos won't let him.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Volanov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Volanov wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Volanov drops back looking for a leg! Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Santos manages to kick Volanov off! Volanov jumps back into Santos's guard.
Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Volanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos cracks the inside of Volanov's front leg.
No luck for Volanov with that takedown attempt.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Volanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos rushes Volanov and presses him up against the cage.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The cut above Marcos Volanov's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Volanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Volanov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos with a knee to the head.
Volanov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Volanov can do to turn this around?
A knee to the head by Santos.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Santos's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Santos landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but Volanov moves out of range.
Santos connects with a nice looking jab.
Jose Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Volanov circles away.
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Volanov tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos crunches a lovely knee into Volanov's ribcage.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Volanov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Volanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos tries to keep at a distance but Volanov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Volanov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Volanov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Marcos Volanov's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Volanov won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Santos.
Volanov letting Santos take a breather here.
Volanov wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Volanov won't want to take too many of those.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Volanov misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos is looking to clinch but Volanov is avoiding it.
Volanov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Volanov wants to clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Volanov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos has managed to clinch.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Volanov's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Volanov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Volanov is trying to pull guard but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos lands a knee to the body.
Volanov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Volanov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos keeps control of Volanov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos working Volanov over with knees to the body.
Santos tries to pull guard but Volanov won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Volanov's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Volanov looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Santos!
Volanov tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Volanov is working for a guillotine from mount but Santos frees his head quite easily.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Volanov is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Volanov!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marcos Volanov!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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