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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Plant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Plant comes to the cage accompanied by Au innebunit salcamii. Santos has chosen The Black Lodge as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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240 lbs
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193 cm
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252 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Plant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Santos!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Plant has a takedown stuffed.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santos, right into the meat.
Santos misses with a straight left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Plant misses with a wild combination.
Plant throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Plant.
Plant scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Santos gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Santos trying to hold on to Plant's head to control him but Plant postures up.
Plant working the head and body with strikes.
Santos trying to control from the bottom.
Plant is looking for a kimura here.
Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Plant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Plant thows a huge punch but Santos dodges it nicely.
Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Plant.
Santos controlling the position for now.
Santos wants to control but Plant is keeping busy and won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Plant looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Santos trying to hold on to Plant's head to control him but Plant postures up.
Santos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Plant kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Plant lands with a punch from half guard.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos keeping hold of Plant's head, controlling as best he can.
Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
Plant winds up and cracks Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Plant throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos is controlling Plant's trapped leg to prevent Plant from advancing to side control.
Santos gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plant is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Plant thows a big elbow that misses.
Plant trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos seems keen to control Plant's posture.
Santos wants to sweep here but Plant controlling him for the moment.
Santos pulls Plant in close to prevent any damage.
Plant has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Plant from controlling successfully.
Plant postures up and lands a big shot to Santos's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos trying to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Plant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Plant is one step ahead there.
Plant is pushing down on Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Plant has managed to sneak the leg through.
Plant working over Santos with some ground and pound. Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Plant missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Santos trying to control here.
Santos regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Plant.
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Plant is proving a slippery customer.
Plant thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Plant dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Plant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Horrible takedown by Plant or perhaps it was just good defense by Santos which made him look bad.
Plant misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos tries to work over Plant's front leg with a kick but Plant checks it.
Santos checks a leg kick nicely.
Plant checks a leg kick nicely.
Plant shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Plant missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Plant throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
Plant thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.
Santos is looking to improve his position.
Plant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Plant wants to work for an arm triangle but Santos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Santos works his way to full guard. Good work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Plant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Plant looking to pass the guard.
Santos wants to sweep here but Plant controlling him for the moment.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Plant throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Plant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Santos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Plant.
Santos misses with a low kick.
Plant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Plant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santos throws out the jab.
Plant wants to land a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
Santos misses with a body shot.
Plant throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Plant shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Plant finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Plant is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Plant passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Santos!
Plant with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plant tries to control but Santos wriggling away.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Plant cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Plant lands with some strikes.
Plant is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Santos is surviving well by controlling Plant's body position as best he can.
Plant is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Marcus Plant overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos wants to control but Plant is having none of it.
Plant punishing his opponent with strikes.
Plant throws some wild stikes that Santos manages to avoid easily.
Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Plant has a good base and remains in mount.
Plant working the ground and pound effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Plant landing strikes from the mount.
Plant prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Plant pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Plant won't let Santos get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Plant cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Plant lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Plant landing strikes from the mount.
Santos tries to hold on but Plant pushes him away.
Santos is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Plant dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Plant looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Plant is nestled in close to Santos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Plant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Santos wants to control but Plant is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Plant working the head and body with strikes.
Santos wants to control but Plant is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Plant is looking to stall here but Santos recovers full guard.
Plant sitting in guard here, content to control.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant throws a big right hand that misses.
Plant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Plant.
Plant fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Plant persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Santos is trying to control but can't.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos tries to roll over but Plant keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Plant.
Plant throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Plant looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plant not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Plant takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Plant winds up and cracks Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Plant prevents Santos from improving his position.
Plant is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Plant.
Plant trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Plant looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santos preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Santos trying to control here.
Santos manages to get to full guard.
Santos keeping full guard, as Plant tries to pass.
Patrick Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Plant keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Plant.
Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Santos is keen to just control but Plant is a slippery customer.
Marcus Plant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Plant defends the submission attempt.
Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Plant controlling the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Plant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Plant has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Plant!
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