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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Errol Santos (ranked 25772 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Larkin (ranked 6432 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Errol Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Conor Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larkin throws an off balance right hand
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Larkin is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Larkin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Larkin rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Larkin pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Larkin lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Larkin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larkin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin leaning against his opponent.
Larkin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Santos up against the cage.
Larkin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Larkin continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Santos manages to pull guard.
Larkin has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Vinny’s Gym *MLC sponsored gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Larkin manages to get himself to full guard.
Santos is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin trying to keep a closed guard but Santos is proving a slippery customer.
Santos is stalling in the full guard.
Santos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Larkin working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Larkin wants to hit a switch here but Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Larkin there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin tries to reverse the position but Santos maintains control.
Santos content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Larkin has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Errol Santos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Larkin.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Santos wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Larkin misses with a body shot
and Santos counters with a leg kick.
Larkin looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos shoots for a takedown but Larkin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Santos moves out of range as Larkin strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Larkin counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Errol Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Larkin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santos thinking.
Larkin missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Larkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Larkin as he avoids it easily.
Larkin clinches.
Larkin lands with a light punch inside.
Santos is rocked!
Larkin controlling the action here for a moment.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Larkin leaning against his opponent.
Good body shot from Larkin.
Larkin slowing the pace effectively.
Larkin lands a big right hand that drops Santos! The killer instinct kicks in and Larkin finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Larkin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conor Larkin!
Conor Larkin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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