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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elias Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos has chosen Hey Brother as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Elias Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Santos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos closes the distance and pushes Steele back into the cage.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Steele tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Steele to the ground. Steele escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
Steele wants to get back to striking at distance but Santos won't allow it.
Steele breaks from the clinch.
Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos jumps guard but Steele turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Steele is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Steele down to the mat. Steele avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Elias Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Santos.
Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Santos gets a clinch.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Santos lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele has Santos pulled in close to control his posture.
Steele working a defensive guard here.
Santos wants to stand but Steele has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Steele is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Elias Steele has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Steele fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Steele to the ground. Santos is now in Steele's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is fighting to break Steele's control of his arms but Steele is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Santos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Steele has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Santos has managed to get both his arms back between Steele's legs - danger averted.
Santos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Steele darts in looking for a takedown but Santos gets double underhooks and turns Steele into the cage.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Steele gets tackled into the cage by Santos. Santos maintains the clinch.
Steele is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but Steele won't allow it.
Santos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steele smiles and moves away.
Arthur Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Steele pinned against the cage. Steele gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santos darts in and clinches Steele up against the cage.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steele throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
Steele really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Steele is trying hard to land a takedown here. Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos avoids the head kick by Steele.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Steele moves out of range easily.
Santos darts in and clinches Steele up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele tries to score a body lock takedown but Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Santos tries to pull guard but Steele holds him up against the cage and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.
Steele has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos jumps guard but Steele turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Horrible takedown by Steele or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
Santos looks winded!
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Steele bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santos tries for a takedown but Steele sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Steele looking to score a takedown here. Santos is defending well but Steele drives through and ends up in Santos's guard.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Santos wants to stand but Steele is controlling the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Steele stopping the sweep attempt from Santos.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Elias Steele.
Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele fails with a takedown attempt.
Steele tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele goes for a takedown in the clinch but Santos prevents it.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Steele, pushing him back against the cage.
Steele tries to break free but Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos pushes Steele up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos tries to pull guard but Steele holds him up against the cage and eventually Santos drops back down to his feet.
Steele is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elias Steele. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos has closed the distance and engaged Steele in a clinch.
Santos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Steele looking for a takedown.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Steele gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos is trying to force a seperation but Steele has the dominant position.
Santos is trying to break free.
Steele has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Santos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos takes the fight into the clinch.
Steele has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Santos darts in and clinches Steele up against the cage.
Steele working hard to break the clinch.
Steele gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos jumps guard but Steele turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Santos wants to break free but Steele has control.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steele tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santos swivels and escapes.
Santos gets a clinch.
Steele breaks from the clinch.
Steele wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele can't break the clinch.
Steele is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Steele down to the mat. Steele avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Steele throws a leg kick but Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Santos clinches.
Steele prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Arthur Santos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Steele is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Steele is controlling him.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Steele.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Steele tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steele manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Steele shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Santos's guard.
Steele throwing strikes but missing.
Santos throws his legs up looking for a submission but Steele uses it to pass to side control.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Steele is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Elias Steele wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Santos connects with a high kick.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Steele sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Elias Steele has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arthur Santos.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santos is defended easily by Steele.
Steele throws a head kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos forces Steele back against the cage and clinches.
Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Steele prevents it.
Santos is trying to break free.
Steele is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos tries to stall but Steele uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Steele wants a takedown.
Steele is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Steele has double underhooks.
Santos tries to pull guard but Steele forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Steele wants to break free but Santos has control.
Steele has picked Santos up - he's going for a ride! Steele dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Santos is trying to stand.
Steele seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Steele showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Santos!
An out of breath Arthur Santos thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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