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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between the natural Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Couture's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminence Front. the natural Couture had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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285 lbs
25 - 12 - 0 |
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245 lbs
11 - 4 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, the natural Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couture throws a right hand that misses
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Couture connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Couture tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Santos swivels and escapes.
Couture gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos is pressing down on Couture's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Couture postures up.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Couture accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Couture's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Couture trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Couture trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Couture controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We're going to have a standup here because the natural Couture wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Santos checks a leg kick.
Couture misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Couture.
the natural Couture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Couture misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Couture closes the distance and clinches.
Couture lands a shot to the body.
Couture prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Couture managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Couture throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Couture.
Couture misses with a punch on the inside.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Couture.
Santos blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Couture misses with the head strike.
Couture tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Couture misses with a short punch on the inside.
Couture misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Couture.
Couture lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Santos looks gassed!
Couture with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Couture tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Couture working aggressively here.
Couture swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Couture misses with an elbow over the top.
Couture tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Couture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Couture working aggressively here.
Couture lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Couture.
Couture lands with a short shot to the head.
Couture tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos dodges an elbow strike from Couture.
Santos blocks an elbow strike from Couture.
Couture tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos blocking some punches.
Couture misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Couture.
Couture tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Couture softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Couture, against the cage.
Couture looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Couture on the inside.
Couture working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
the natural Couture dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Santos slips under a jab from Couture.
Couture looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Couture swinging wildly here.
Santos misses with a looping right.
Santos digs a good body shot into Couture's ribs.
Santos throws a shot to the body.
Santos throws a head kick but Couture moves out of range.
Santos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Couture on the side of the head.
It looks like the natural Couture has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos lands a jab to Couture's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Couture. Couture circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santos looks to land a body kick but Couture moved away.
Santos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Couture moves into the clinch.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but Couture has double underhooks.
Santos scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santos tries to stall but Couture uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Couture throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Couture misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Couture misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Couture.
Santos lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
the natural Couture has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Couture misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Couture throws an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Couture as Santos tries to tie him up.
Couture lands a nice uppercut.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Couture doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Couture.
Santos slips a straight right by Couture.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Couture throws a jab but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Couture connects with an inside leg kick.
Santos drops Couture with a huge uppercut! Couture drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Santos is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dos Santos!
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hype
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