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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Hogg (ranked 260 p4p, 730 weight class) and Anthony Santana (ranked 36 p4p, 97 weight class). Hogg's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Styx - Renegade. Anthony Santana acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Hogg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Santana!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hogg keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogg feinted with a counter takedown.
Santana jabs at Hogg's body.
Santana misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Santana misses
and Hogg counters with a shoot takedown. Santana fights it but they end up in guard.
Hogg scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hogg lands a couple of elbows.
Hogg lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hogg has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santana has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Hogg has passed into side control.
Santana felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Check out the look on Hogg's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hogg working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Santana manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana is thwarting Hogg's attempts to control the position.
Hogg holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Santana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hogg. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hogg slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Santana trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santana looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hogg is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santana avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santana showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hogg is controlling Santana's posture.
Hogg escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Santana gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hogg has his feet on Santana's thighs here. He's pushed Santana off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Santana screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Johnny Hogg!
Johnny Hogg decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
43% |
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