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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Format. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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186 cm
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205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
22
205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Rutten! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vincent Santos! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage. Rutten is trying to drag Santos to the mat but Santos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rutten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rutten fails with a takedown attempt. Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rutten. Santos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rutten dodges the punch combination from Santos.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rutten tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away. Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Rutten wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance. Some wild striking there from Santos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos looks gassed! Rutten fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bas Rutten. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rutten misses with a wild combination.
Rutten drives through with a takedown into guard.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rutten doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rutten manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rutten drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rutten jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Rutten is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Rutten stands and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Rutten tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rutten has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Santos is trying to buck Rutten off. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutten tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Santos manages to get back to half guard.
Rutten is working for a submission of some sort.
Rutten is working for a submission of some sort.
Santos gets full guard.
 That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rutten jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rutten is posturing up here but Santos has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Rutten tries to roll out but it's too tight and Rutten has to tap! Slick submission there by Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vincent Santos!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
50% |
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