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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandre Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexandre Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Josh Mir!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mir takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Santos tries to clinch but Mir moves out of range.
Santos is looking to clinch.
Mir shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Santos is trying to defend but Mir finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mir is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mir tries to pass to full mount but Santos defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos trying to control here.
Mir takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir is looking for a kimura but Santos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Mir to get the leverage.
Mir is looking for a kimura here.
Mir is trying to work for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mir.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos wants to improve his position but Mir is controlling well.
Mir works his foot free and advances to mount.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mir unloads with some shots from mount but Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Mir misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Mir looking to finish with strikes here!
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mir tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Santos tries to hold on but Mir postures up.
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mir tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir unloads with some shots from mount but Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Santos tries to hold on but Mir pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Mir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mir.
Santos is looking to get to half guard.
Mir punching from mount but Santos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mir throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mir controlling the pace for now.
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mir tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir punching from mount but Santos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Mir looking to ground and pound but Santos is blocking nicely.
Mir controlling the pace for now.
Santos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mir.
Santos tries to hold on but Mir postures up.
Santos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mir.
Mir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Mir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Mir dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mir feints and as Santos raises his hands in defense, Mir changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mir throwing strikes but missing.
Santos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mir sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mir stands and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mir.
Mir creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Santos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mir in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mir throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mir fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mir tries to move to full mount but Santos actually manages to regain half guard.
Mir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mir stalling.
Mir not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mir perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mir.
Mir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mir passes to full mount!
Mir misses with a head shot.
Mir raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mir unloading with bombs!
Mir misses with a head shot.
Mir controlling from mount.
Mir throws some wild stikes that Santos manages to avoid easily.
Mir looking to ground and pound but Santos is blocking nicely.
Josh Mir has got the better of the ground game so far.
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!
Mir controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Mir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mir unloads with some shots from mount but Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Mir sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Mir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mir.
Mir tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Santos blocking the ground and pound.
Mir looking to ground and pound but Santos is blocking nicely.
Mir putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Santos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mir tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Mir controlling the position easily from mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Mir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mir.
Mir controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Mir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A big left from Santos misses.
Mir is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Santos's half guard.
Mir controlling the action here.
Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mir.
Mir sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Mir is working for a submission of some sort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos wants to control but Mir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is trying to stand back up but Mir is controlling him
Mir looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mir works his foot free and advances to mount.
Mir sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poor strikes thrown by Mir there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Mir throws a sloppy strike and Santos uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Santos has ended up in Mir's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mir pulls Santos in close to his closed guard and prevents Santos from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mir will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Mir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mir missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mir performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mir missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mir prevents Santos from improving his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mir not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mir works his way into full mount!
Mir scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mir controlling from mount.
Mir lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Santos hang on?
Mir controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mir looking to finish with strikes here!
Santos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mir.
Santos avoids a series of strikes thrown by Mir.
Mir controlling from mount.
Mir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Mir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mir winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Mir!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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