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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Santiago (ranked 3865 p4p, 22614 weight class) and Sss Sss (ranked 264 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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143
29 - 175 - 3 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 175 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sss Sss!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago moves into range and clinches up with Sss.
Santiago pressing his opponent against the cage.
Santiago looking for a takedown.
Santiago breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santiago.
Gabriel Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santiago has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sss gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santiago.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santiago working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sss is pressed up against the cage. Santiago has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sss down to the mat. Sss avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Sss shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santiago defends it nicely.
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.
Sss leaves Santiago with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sss raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sss looks for a takedown but Santiago sprawls well.
Sss leaves Santiago with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sss thinks about the counter body kick.
Sss takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sss circles away.
Sss steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sss takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sss fails with the takedown
and Santiago counters with a nice uppercut.
Santiago misses the shot to the body.
Santiago fails with the takedown
and Sss counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sss lands a couple of digs.
Santiago wants to stand but Sss is controlling the position.
Sss seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Sss stops Santiago from standing up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sss controlling from the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sss Sss's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Sss looks for a takedown but Santiago sprawls well.
Santiago gets a clinch.
Sss goes for a takedown attempt but Santiago pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sss but Sss pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santiago really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santiago clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Santiago manages to end up in side control.
Sss wants to control but Santiago postures up.
Santiago throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Sss works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Sss has hold of Santiago's hands but Santiago slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sss controlling the position well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sss makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sss.
Sss controls Santiago momentarily but Santiago frees himself.
Sss keeping moving, preventing Santiago from controlling successfully.
Sss utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sss wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Santiago wants to control from the top but Sss keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Santiago is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sss can do to turn this around?
Sss is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No luck for Santiago with that takedown attempt.
Santiago looks to land a combination but Sss avoids it well.
Sss steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santiago closes the distance and clinches.
Santiago breaks the clinch.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sss counters with a body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santiago moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Santiago lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santiago displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santiago shoots in but no luck this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Santiago dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sss Sss's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sss defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santiago.
Santiago closes the distance and pushes Sss back into the cage.
Santiago is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sss gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santiago is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Santiago.
Santiago has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sss after a bit of a struggle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sss pulls Santiago into guard.
Santiago scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago throwing strikes from guard but Sss blocks nicely.
Santiago throws a strike but Sss rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Santiago controls Sss momentarily but Sss frees himself.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Santiago wants to hit a sweep here but Sss passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Santiago there!
Sss trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sss might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Santiago haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Santiago tries to hold on but Sss postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago wants to try and get back to his feet.
Santiago tries to hold on but Sss postures up.
Sss sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Let's hope that Sss has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Santiago wants to control but Sss is having none of it.
Santiago on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Santiago tries to get out of the position.
Santiago is squirming around, avoiding Sss's attempts to control the action.
Sss Sss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santiago is desperately trying to improve his position but Sss has a good base and remains in mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santiago wants to hold on but Sss pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sss Sss comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santiago has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Santiago!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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