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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Geronimo dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee has chosen On To The Next One as his entrance music. Barney Lee told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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167 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
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170 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Geronimo dos Santos!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barney Lee!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but dos Santos moves away.
dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Lee moves away from the strike by dos Santos.
dos Santos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lee in his tracks.
dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
dos Santos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
dos Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
dos Santos clinches up with Lee and pushes him back against the cage.
dos Santos misses with the head strike.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lee fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from dos Santos fails to land.
Lee blocking some punches.
Lee takes a shot to the head.
Lee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
dos Santos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
dos Santos tries to pass to full mount but Lee defends it.
Lee keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Lee is trying to stand up here but dos Santos is controlling him well.
dos Santos has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
dos Santos trying to control but Lee is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
dos Santos looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Lee wants to hold on but dos Santos pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lee is in a horrible position here. dos Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
dos Santos breaks from Lee's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lee tries to hold on but dos Santos pushes him away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
dos Santos looking to control but Lee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lee prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Lee tries to lock up and control but dos Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
dos Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lee is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos unloads with some shots from mount but Lee bucks and avoids them well.
Lee takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lee is looking to get to half guard.
dos Santos throws a sloppy strike and Lee uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Lee has ended up in dos Santos's guard.
dos Santos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lee puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
dos Santos is pressing down on Lee's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos 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.
Lee wants to get back to his feet.
dos Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
dos Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lee knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
dos Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Lee still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Lee has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Lee tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos tries to buck Lee off but Lee is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geronimo dos Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
dos Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Lee counters with a left to the body.
dos Santos lands the left hand.
dos Santos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lee scores with a hook to the body. dos Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lee's hands are dropping dangerously low here and dos Santos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lee scrambles back to his feet.
Lee misses with a straight right.
dos Santos dips to his left and cracks Lee with an uppercut!
Geronimo dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lee staying out of range there.
Lee keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lee slips a straight right by dos Santos.
Lee defending well as dos Santos loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with a looping right.
dos Santos defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
dos Santos throws a low kick but Lee avoids it.
dos Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
dos Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Lee.
Lee checks a leg kick.
Barney Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dos Santos has a takedown stuffed.
dos Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lee avoids it really well and circles away.
dos Santos throws a solid leg kick but Lee takes the impact on his shin and smiles at dos Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos drops his hands momentarily and Lee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lee is looking to clinch.
dos Santos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
dos Santos fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geronimo dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Lee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lee misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
dos Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries for a takedown but Lee manages to get underhooks.
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by dos Santos.
dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
dos Santos turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and dos Santos manages to end up in side control.
Lee is looking to regain half guard here but dos Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
Lee stops dos Santos from passing to mount.
dos Santos looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Lee is avoiding damage well.
Lee struggling a bit here.
Lee takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Lee is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos taking a breather here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dos Santos tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Geronimo dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
dos Santos trying to control the position but Lee is working away.
dos Santos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos tries to move to mount but Lee blocks the move with his legs.
dos Santos trying to control the position but Lee is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geronimo dos Santos dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
dos Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
dos Santos throws a hook to the side of Lee's head but Lee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
dos Santos moves into range and clinches up with Lee.
dos Santos misses with some punches.
dos Santos tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
dos Santos lands a shoulder strike.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
dos Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Lee tries to sprawl out of it but dos Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee misses with a series of wild punches.
dos Santos checks a leg kick.
Lee is looking to clinch.
dos Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
Lee scores with a jab.
Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lee wants to clinch up but dos Santos keeps it at a distance.
dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Lee is looking to clinch.
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barney Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Lee.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by dos Santos.
Lee displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from dos Santos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geronimo dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
dos Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
dos Santos thumps Lee with a low kick.
Lee jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lee lands a nice shot that snaps dos Santos's head back.
Lee scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by dos Santos.
dos Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
dos Santos is rocked!
dos Santos with a nice cross.
Lee throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck dos Santos on the side of the head.
Oh dos Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lee lands an uppercut out of nowhere! dos Santos falls backwards - clearly groggy! Lee dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barney Lee!
Barney Lee is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Barney Lee thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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