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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Hull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erick Hull has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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218 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wanderlei Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erick Hull!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hull gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hull misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hulls head.
Hull lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hull fails to land.
Santos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Erick Hull has been cut.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hull is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Hull.
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hull avoids it.
Hull blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hull misses with some punches.
Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hull throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Hull tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hull lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hull misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hull blocks a body shot from Santos.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hull has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hulls head.
Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hull avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hull's elbow.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Hull blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hull managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos tries a body shot but Hull blocks it.
Hull looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hull lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hull fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hull blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A right hook to the body lands for Santos.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Santos.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hull throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
A short body shot lands from Hull as the two fighters clinch.
Hull misses with the head strike.
Santos takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
Hull managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Hull throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Hull misses with a punch to the body.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hull.
Hull lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hull.
Santos prevents a body shot from Hull.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hull managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Hull lands a body punch in the clinch.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Hull blocks it.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Hull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hull misses with a body punch.
Hull misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Hull lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Hull.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hull avoids the damage to the body.
Hull swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hull throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Hull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hull takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hull throws a head punch that misses.
Santos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Santos tries to stall but Hull uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hull misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wanderlei Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Erick Hull's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hull moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Hull has Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Santos swings wildly with an uppercut but Hull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Hull scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Hull.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Hull.
Hull tries a body shot but Santos blocks it.
Hull misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hull fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Hull controls the action.
Hull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hull misses with a body punch.
Santos taking a breather.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Hull is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Hull scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hull leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Hull blocking some punches.
Hull takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hull is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hull avoiding damage.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Hull blocks it.
Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hull throws a head punch that misses.
Santos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hull backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hull avoids the damage to the body.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos wants to stall.
Hull throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Hull is blocking nicely.
Hull gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hull throws a head punch that misses.
Hull swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hull.
Hull misses with a punch on the inside.
Hull on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santos has Hull pushed against the cage.
Hull leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hull.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Hull avoids the damage to the body.
Hull lands a left hand.
Hull tries to stall but Santos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Santos lands a shoulder strike.
Santos blocking some punches.
Hull pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos blocking some punches.
Hull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Hull avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Santos lands an uppercut.
Hull blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hull avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hull throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Santos takes a shot to the head.
Hull misses with the head strike.
Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hull.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hull struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Hull managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Hull misses with the head strike.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Erick Hull seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hull pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Hull controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Hull on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hull lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos just leaning against Hull, taking a breather.
Hull scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Hull.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hull creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santos misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erick Hull showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Erick Hull's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hull clinches up against the cage.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hull is keeping busy.
Hull blocking some punches.
Hull has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
Hull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hull throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Hull gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hull misses with the head strike.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hull working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Hull fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hull digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Hull controls his hands.
Hull throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Hull lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hull gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Hull.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Santos prevents a body shot from Hull.
Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Hull.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Hull blocks with his arms.
Hull swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hull gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hull lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Hull working aggressively here.
Hull lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santos or not.
Hull lands a left hand.
Hull lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Hull gets through Santos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hull lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Hull lands with a light punch inside.
Hull lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hull misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hull.
Hull just leaning against Santos, taking a breather.
Hull tries to throw a body punch but Santos avoids it by throwing Hull back against the cage.
Santos lands a shot to the body.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hull.
Hull presses Santos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hull misses with some punches.
Hull lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Hull lands a right hand.
Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santos misses with a punch on the inside.
Hull lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Hull.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Santos on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hull.
Hull tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Santos is rocked!
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hull avoids it.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos prevents a body shot from Hull.
Santos tries to stall but Hull uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hull working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hull lands a body punch.
Hull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Hull.
Hull pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hull lands a right hand.
Hull lands a big right hand that drops Santos! The killer instinct kicks in and Hull finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hull!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erick Hull!
A relieved looking Erick Hull 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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hype
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