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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Conley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex De Paiva Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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211 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Conley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex De Paiva Santos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Paiva Santos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A head kick by Conley misses
and De Paiva Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Paiva Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Paiva Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Conley.
De Paiva Santos throws a hook but Conley blocks it.
A head kick misses from Conley.
No joy there for Conley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Paiva Santos misses the jab.
Conley delivers a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conley misses with a kick to the body
and De Paiva Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A head kick misses from Conley.
Conley misses with a right hand
and De Paiva Santos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Conley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Conley is breathing heavily.
De Paiva Santos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Conley quickly recovers to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
De Paiva Santos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Conley is trying to maintain the position but De Paiva Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
De Paiva Santos working Conley over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Conley's head.
Conley is looking to improve his position.
De Paiva Santos winds up and cracks Conley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Conley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
De Paiva Santos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
De Paiva Santos frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conley is trying to escape the mount.
Conley is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
De Paiva Santos content just to control the position here.
De Paiva Santos prevents Conley from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Conley wants to control but De Paiva Santos is having none of it.
De Paiva Santos working Conley over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conley in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
De Paiva Santos landing strikes from the mount and Conley is in trouble!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Paiva Santos landing strikes from the mount and Conley is in trouble!
De Paiva Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conley tries to reverse the position but De Paiva Santos maintains control.
De Paiva Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Conley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! De Paiva Santos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Paiva Santos avoids the attempt from Conley to control.
De Paiva Santos content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex De Paiva Santos 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.
De Paiva Santos blocks a leg kick.
Conley misses the body punch
and De Paiva Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Conley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De Paiva Santos fails to land the takedown.
Conley misses with a kick to the body
and De Paiva Santos counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Paiva Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are battling for position here. Conley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
De Paiva Santos trying to control but Conley is working from the bottom.
De Paiva Santos 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.
De Paiva Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos wants to control from the top but Conley keeps moving.
Conley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst De Paiva Santos is controlling him.
Alex De Paiva Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Paiva Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Alex De Paiva Santos.
Conley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos throws a low kick, looking for Conley's leg but Conley calmly moves out of range.
Conley throws a sloppy head kick and De Paiva Santos moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conley clobbers De Paiva Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
De Paiva Santos scores with a jab to the body.
De Paiva Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De Paiva Santos misses with a few strikes there.
De Paiva Santos scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Conley throws a head kick but De Paiva Santos moves out of range.
De Paiva Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Paiva Santos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Conley is able to avoid easily.
Nice body punch from De Paiva Santos.
Conley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Conley throws a sloppy head kick
and De Paiva Santos counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conley throws a leg kick
and De Paiva Santos counters with a head kick that drops Conley!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Paiva Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
De Paiva Santos postures up.
De Paiva Santos passes Conley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
De Paiva Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
De Paiva Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
De Paiva Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Conley wants to improve his position but De Paiva Santos is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from De Paiva Santos.
De Paiva Santos is working for a kimura but Conley is defending it quite comfortably.
Conley is trying to stand up here but De Paiva Santos is controlling him well.
Conley is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute De Paiva Santos jumps into side control!
De Paiva Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Paiva Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Conley down.
Conley wants to control but De Paiva Santos postures up.
Conley is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex De Paiva Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get 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.
De Paiva Santos lands a glancing blow to the side of Conley's head.
De Paiva Santos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conley counters with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Conley.
Conley scores with a nice head shot.
Conley swings for the body but De Paiva Santos moves out of range.
Conley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Conley tries a head kick but it misses.
De Paiva Santos lands an overhand right.
A leg kick checked by De Paiva Santos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Conley throws a jab when De Paiva Santos was well out of range.
Conley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De Paiva Santos.
Conley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conley misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Paiva Santos throws a body punch but Conley moves out of range.
Rick Conley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Paiva Santos scores with a leg kick.
De Paiva Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Conley connects with a solid leg kick.
De Paiva Santos throws a looping overhand right but Conley ducks down to avoid it.
Conley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Paiva Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Paiva Santos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Conley in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Paiva Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Conley checks it well.
Conley misses with a body kick.
De Paiva Santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A bone on bone clash there as De Paiva Santos blocks the leg kick.
Conley misses the shot to the body.
Conley misses with a wild combination.
De Paiva Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Conley.
De Paiva Santos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Paiva Santos throws a leg kick but Conley sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Paiva Santos looking to score a takedown here. Conley is defending well but De Paiva Santos drives through and ends up in Conley's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Conley is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Conley keeping moving, preventing De Paiva Santos from controlling successfully.
De Paiva Santos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
De Paiva Santos is in close to Conley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Conley keeping moving, preventing De Paiva Santos from controlling successfully.
De Paiva Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alex De Paiva Santos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Paiva Santos content to stall in guard here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rick Conley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alex De Paiva Santos wasn't active enough on the ground.
Conley misses the body punch
and De Paiva Santos counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Paiva Santos content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex De Paiva Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Paiva Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex De Paiva Santos!
Our winner, Alex De Paiva Santos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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