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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Jones Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Erick silva Entrance song. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antonio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roy Jones Jr!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping body kick lands there for Santos.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jr tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jr to the ground. Jr escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos dives in and grabs Jr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jr pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.
Nice sprawl there from Jr as Santos shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos shoots in but Jr avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santos takes one to the chin there.
Jr blocks a head kick by Santos.
Nice shot by Jr.
Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jr moves away.
Jr stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jr wants it to stay on the feet.
Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jr scores with a hook to the body. Santos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jr sprawls well. Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santos.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santos's brow.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
Jr should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jr is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jr in his tracks for a moment.
Santos stalls.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped Jr in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jr is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jr down to the mat. Jr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice body punch from Jr.
Jr slaps away a takedown attempt from Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Jr.
Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jr looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jr lands a jab to the head.
Nice shot lands for Jr.
Santos forces Jr back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Santos prevents a body shot from Jr.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jr's brow.
Jr blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Santos keeps control of Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Santos prevents Jr from breaking the clinch.
Santos prevents Jr from breaking the clinch.
Santos lands an elbow just above Jr 's eye.
It looks like Roy Jones Jr has been cut.
Jr prevents the takedown attempt.
Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jr has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jr gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
Santos prevents Jr from breaking the clinch.
Santos looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Santos.
The referee calls for Santos to work.
Jr blocks the elbow strike.
Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos lands a good knee to the midsection. Jr won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Jr takes an elbow to the temple.
Santos gets control of Jr's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jr wants to stand and escape but instead Santos has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Santos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roy Jones Jr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jr connects with a body shot.
Jr misses with the combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jr.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jr stuffs the takedown.
Santos blocks a head kick by Jr.
Jr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santos in his tracks.
Santos has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice jab there from Jr.
Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jr swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jr's guard.
Jr looking to control.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jr wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Santos manages to pass to side control.
Jr is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is taking a breather. Jr says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Jr is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Santos jumps into side control!
Jr is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Santos asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Santos is staying tight to Jr's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Jr struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jr tries to improve position but can't.
Jr being controlled for a moment.
Jr wants to get back to his feet but Santos drags him back down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos happy to just control the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio Santos has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santos is defended easily by Jr.
Jr cracks Santos with a good jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Jr. That snapped Santos's head back.
Jr keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but Jr manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santos'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.
A close second round but Roy Jones Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Roy Jones Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jr lands a jab to Santos's midsection.
Santos blocks a head kick by Jr.
Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jr avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Jr is trying to break the clinch but Santos is controlling him.
Jr has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.
Jr tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the cage.
Antonio Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
Santos lands a damaging elbow.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jr pulls his leg out and moves away.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Jr sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santos there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jr scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No joy there for Jr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Good shot there by Jr.
The crowd cheers as Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santos doesn't seem phased though.
A cross from Jr lands.
Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Nice sprawl there from Jr as Santos shoots in.
Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jr as he avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Jr. No joy for Santos on that attempt.
Jr lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands.
Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Santos dives in and grabs Jr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jr pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.
Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Santos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jr thuds a left hand into Santos's body.
Jr scores with a nice right hand.
Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jr lands with a shot to the body.
Jr sizes up Santos with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jr manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jr is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jr wants to control the position but Santos says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Santos decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Jr moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jr sprawls well. Jr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jr, as that shot connected.
A good leg kick by Jr.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Jr tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roy Jones Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jr.
Jr stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
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!
Santos walks into a jab.
Jr lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roy Jones Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roy Jones Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roy Jones Jr!
In defeat, Antonio Santos stepped up to the mic, saying 'Don't worry I'll comeback STRONGER THanks for supporting me THANK YOU!!'.
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hype
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pop
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