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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunmetal Grey Ii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santiago has chosen Asesinos - Los Crudos as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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198 lbs
28 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gunmetal Grey Ii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Grey Ii. No joy for Santiago on that attempt.
Grey Ii misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Grey Ii misses.
Santiago doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Grey Ii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santiago closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Grey Ii did well to prevent Santiago getting side control.
Grey Ii is trying to stand back up but Santiago is controlling him
Grey Ii is looking for a sweep. Santiago is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Santiago missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Santiago has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santiago not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Santiago is keen to just control but Grey Ii is a slippery customer.
Grey Ii is looking to improve his position.
Grey Ii won't allow Santiago to pass to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Santiago wants to work for an arm triangle but Grey Ii is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Grey Ii tries to get to full guard but Santiago has control of the leg.
Santiago seems to be looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santiago trying to control the pace.
Santiago is just content to waste time from the top position. Grey Ii takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii keeping moving, preventing Santiago from controlling successfully.
Grey Ii looking for a sweep. Not yet Grey Ii, not yet.
Santiago wants to control from the top but Grey Ii keeps moving.
Santiago is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Santiago throwing strikes from guard but Grey Ii blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Antonio Santiago.
Grey Ii jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grey Ii sprawls well. Grey Ii wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santiago gets slowly back to his feet.
Gunmetal Grey Ii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Santiago.
Santiago slips under a jab from Grey Ii.
Grey Ii jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santiago doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Grey Ii counter with a right hand.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santiago.
A jab from Grey Ii does it's job there.
Grey Ii defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santiago.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey Ii throws a big shot that misses.
Grey Ii tests Santiago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grey Ii with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown but Grey Ii shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Santiago shoots in looking for a takedown. Grey Ii tries to sprawl out of it but Santiago keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Grey Ii manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Santiago on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A swing and a miss from Grey Ii.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Santiago.
Santiago shoots in looking for a takedown but Grey Ii manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santiago's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunmetal Grey Ii dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santiago uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grey Ii.
Santiago fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Grey Ii sprawls well initially but Santiago persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Grey Ii is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santiago throws a strike but Grey Ii avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Grey Ii is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Santiago is controlling him.
Grey Ii is pulling down on Santiago's head to control his posture.
Santiago looking to sit in guard and control but Grey Ii gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Santiago working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Grey Ii.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Grey Ii trying to control the position from guard on top but Santiago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santiago looking for a sweep. Not yet Santiago, not yet.
Grey Ii trying to control but Santiago is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Gunmetal Grey Ii.
Grey Ii lands a lovely overhand right.
Santiago shoots for a takedown but Grey Ii saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grey Ii connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago shoots in and drives through. Grey Ii sprawls well.
Santiago keeps the fight on the outside.
Grey Ii missing with a left hand there. Santiago was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grey Ii throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grey Ii connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santiago will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gunmetal Grey Ii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Santiago.
Grey Ii lands with a nice body punch.
Grey Ii gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Santiago to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Grey Ii looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago throws a big elbow that misses.
Santiago wants to pass the guard but Grey Ii is keeping the position.
Antonio Santiago has got the better of the ground game so far.
Grey Ii looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santiago wants to control from the top but Grey Ii keeps moving.
Grey Ii working a defensive guard here.
Santiago won't allow Grey Ii to get back to his feet.
We're going to have a standup here because Gunmetal Grey Ii wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Grey Ii tries to clinch up but Santiago circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Grey Ii as Santiago shoots in.
Horrible takedown by Santiago or perhaps it was just good defense by Grey Ii which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santiago.
Santiago shoots for a takedown but Grey Ii saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grey Ii looks to land a left hand but Santiago moved out of range nicely.
Santiago shoots for a takedown but Grey Ii saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Grey Ii lands with a good body shot.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
Santiago fails to land the takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santiago walks into a straight right hand from Grey Ii.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grey Ii takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunmetal Grey Ii dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Grey Ii fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gunmetal Grey Ii is winning the standup battle so far.
Santiago fails with the takedown
and Grey Ii counters with a stiff right hand.
Grey Ii cracks a nice hook into Santiago's ribs.
Grey Ii is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Grey Ii scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santiago in his tracks.
Santiago takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Grey Ii just misses with a punch to the body.
Grey Ii cracks Santiago with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grey Ii stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Grey Ii wants it to stay on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santiago.
Gunmetal Grey Ii has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Santiago.
Grey Ii closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Grey Ii scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santiago takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Grey Ii lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Santiago is rocked!
A nice left hand lands by Grey Ii.
Santiago is still on wobbly legs! Can Grey Ii finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey Ii makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Santiago wants to break free but Grey Ii has control.
Grey Ii lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santiago tries to score a body lock takedown but Grey Ii shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Grey Ii working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grey Ii pushes Santiago against the cage. Grey Ii is working some dirty boxing. Grey Ii pushes off with a quick right hook! Santiago goes down! Santiago tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Grey Ii moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunmetal Grey Ii!
During a confident post fight interview, Gunmetal Grey Ii thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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