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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Renato Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
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199 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Renato Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcos Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva tries to bum rush Dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Dos Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Dos Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Dos Santos moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Dos Santos shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dos Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos stalling.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Dos Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
Dos Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos thows a big elbow that misses.
Dos Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Dos Santos stacks Silva on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Dos Santos!
Dos Santos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Silva!
Silva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dos Santos has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dos Santos working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dos Santos escapes and gets back to his feet.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Dos Santos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva is striking but Dos Santos is not phased and passes to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to hold on to Dos Santos's head to control him but Dos Santos postures up.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom but Dos Santos passes into side control!
Silva tries to bench press Dos Santos off him but Dos Santos keeps the position.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dos Santos manages to get to full guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.
Dos Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Dos Santos trying to control the position.
Dos Santos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Dos Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silva tries to clinch but Dos Santos moves away
so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dos Santos is one step ahead there.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva punching from the bottom.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Dos Santos is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dos Santos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Dos Santos blocks the strikes from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Dos Santos has control of the leg.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Dos Santos is out of range.
Silva throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Dos Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Silva fails with the takedown
so Dos Santos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva pushes Dos Santos off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Dos Santos backpedaling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva throws a series of punches but Dos Santos avoids them all with ease.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Dos Santos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Dos Santos is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Dos Santos forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dos Santos.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dos Santos's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Silva tries to break free but Dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Renato Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Dos Santos.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva tries to circle away but Dos Santos has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcos Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dos Santos won't allow Silva to pass to mount.
Silva is thwarting Dos Santos's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva thows a huge punch but Dos Santos dodges it nicely.
Dos Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dos Santos gets back to full guard.
Dos Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Dos Santos, not yet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Dos Santos counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dos Santos drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Dos Santos off! Dos Santos jumps back into Silva's guard.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.
Silva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Silva looking for subs off his back but Dos Santos has passed one foot through into half guard.
Dos Santos prevents Silva from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Dos Santos working the head with strikes.
Dos Santos moves into full mount!
Dos Santos postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Dos Santos wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dos Santos. What's that going to do exactly?
Dos Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Dos Santos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dos Santos blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Silva looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Dos Santos is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silva has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Silva is in bad spot here.
Silva trying to control the hands but Dos Santos breaks the grip.
Silva can't escape the position.
Dos Santos lands an elbow to the side of the head.
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.
Silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dos Santos.
Silva trying to control but not successfully.
Silva is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Dos Santos doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Marcos Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Dos Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Renato Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dos Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcos Dos Santos!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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