Post by The Sandmen on Sept 30, 2016 8:34:12 GMT -5
Junior dos Santos raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Randy Couture is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
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Round 1
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Junior dos Santos and Randy Couture touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
dos Santos throws a lazy kick
Couture blocks and keeps his distance.
Superb haymaker by dos Santos
that lands on Couture's face like a cannon ball!
dos Santos looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Randy Couture's punches
Couture is on the receiving end of a great combo by dos Santos.
Randy Couture tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
dos Santos is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Junior dos Santos's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over dos Santos's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if dos Santos doesn't fight back!
dos Santos's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Junior dos Santos blocks them all showing some great skills here.
dos Santos tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Hard blow to Couture's mid-section, he seems hurt
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Randy Couture. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
Couture grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Randy Couture
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Couture's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Couture tries to cover his face,
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Couture drills Junior dos Santos's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
dos Santos's Nose is beginning to swell
dos Santos has a small cut in his Nose
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and shows Randy Couture a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
dos Santos uses his forearms to block the impact!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Couture moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Randy Couture is in half guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture tries to pass Junior dos Santos's guard...
Randy Couture manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Randy Couture is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Couture may be in trouble!
dos Santos goes for a low kick..
Couture avoids the deadly blow.
dos Santos misses a step and Randy Couture sees an opportunity to counter him!
Randy Couture tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
dos Santos is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to close his guard around Couture
He succeeds!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Couture is trying to counter now!
Randy Couture moves to better his position on the ground...
Randy Couture wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Randy Couture
Junior dos Santos looks to pass to mount...
dos Santos slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Randy Couture.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to move on the ground and shows Junior dos Santos a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Couture's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Junior dos Santos is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture tries to close the guard.
Couture put Junior dos Santos in closed guard.
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Couture
dos Santos throws a few hammer fists to the face of Randy Couture
Blocked by Couture.
Couture is trying to counter now!
Randy Couture launches a few punches to dos Santos's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because dos Santos tries to cover his face,
dos Santos has a small cut in his Left cheek
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Randy Couture fakes a punch and launches himself over dos Santos!
Nice move by Couture who clinches and pushes dos Santos against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Couture and Junior dos Santos are cliched up against the cage. Couture hammers dos Santos face and hooks dos Santos leg
Junior dos Santos is on his back after that trip
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture struggles on the ground and tries to break Junior dos Santos's guard...
dos Santos doesn't want to free his opponent and Couture continues in closed guard
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Couture's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Couture tries to cover his face,
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
dos Santos clumsily fails here and it's time for Randy Couture to fight back!
Good looking punches from Randy Couture on the ground
They could take their toll on dos Santos.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Junior dos Santos doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Couture's moves.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Randy Couture. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Couture begins to launch a barrage of punches over dos Santos
this is getting worse and worse for dos Santos
Couture decides to launch some tentative punches
dos Santos launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Couture with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Randy Couture attempts a sweep single...
Randy Couture catches Junior dos Santos's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Couture.
Crushing shot to dos Santos's body! He's holding his side
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos
dos Santos has given his back to Randy Couture who is trying to get one hook in!
dos Santos struggles in the ground trying to break Couture's control
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
There is a small laceration on Junior dos Santos's Forehead
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos with one hook in
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
dos Santos's Right eye is beginning to swell
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos with two hooks in
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Randy Couture can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Randy Couture throws down elbows...
He's tearing up dos Santos's face with those brutal elbows! dos Santos needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Josh Rosenthal is asking dos Santos to defend himself! Josh Rosenthal jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for dos Santos.
dos Santos's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Randy Couture by TKO (GnP) at 2:13 Round 2
Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 8/10 (80%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 13/21 (62%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 292 s
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 26/45 (58%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 292 s
COuture did his thing and beat upon JDS until victory came crawling back to Randy.
Randy Couture is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
Randy Couture comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Josh Rosenthal.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
Junior dos Santos and Randy Couture touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
dos Santos throws a lazy kick
Couture blocks and keeps his distance.
Superb haymaker by dos Santos
that lands on Couture's face like a cannon ball!
dos Santos looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Randy Couture's punches
Couture is on the receiving end of a great combo by dos Santos.
Randy Couture tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
dos Santos is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture tries to pass to half guard...
Junior dos Santos's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture launches a barrage of elbows over dos Santos's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if dos Santos doesn't fight back!
dos Santos's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
Junior dos Santos blocks them all showing some great skills here.
dos Santos tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Hard blow to Couture's mid-section, he seems hurt
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Randy Couture. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
Couture grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Randy Couture
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Couture's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Couture tries to cover his face,
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Couture's side.
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Couture drills Junior dos Santos's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
dos Santos's Nose is beginning to swell
dos Santos has a small cut in his Nose
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and shows Randy Couture a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
dos Santos uses his forearms to block the impact!
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
Couture moves on the ground...
..and gets to half guard.
Randy Couture is in half guard over dos Santos
Randy Couture tries to pass Junior dos Santos's guard...
Randy Couture manages to get his leg free and moves to side mount.
Randy Couture is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 3:30 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Couture may be in trouble!
dos Santos goes for a low kick..
Couture avoids the deadly blow.
dos Santos misses a step and Randy Couture sees an opportunity to counter him!
Randy Couture tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
dos Santos is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Randy Couture is in open guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to close his guard around Couture
He succeeds!
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Randy Couture uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Couture is trying to counter now!
Randy Couture moves to better his position on the ground...
Randy Couture wraps his arms around his opponents' and tries to switch positions
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Randy Couture
Junior dos Santos looks to pass to mount...
dos Santos slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Randy Couture.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to move on the ground and shows Junior dos Santos a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Couture's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Josh Rosenthal knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Randy Couture
Couture tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Junior dos Santos is in half guard over Couture
Randy Couture tries to close the guard.
Couture put Junior dos Santos in closed guard.
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Couture
dos Santos throws a few hammer fists to the face of Randy Couture
Blocked by Couture.
Couture is trying to counter now!
Randy Couture launches a few punches to dos Santos's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because dos Santos tries to cover his face,
dos Santos has a small cut in his Left cheek
Josh Rosenthal tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
That was a close round.
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Round 2
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Randy Couture fakes a punch and launches himself over dos Santos!
Nice move by Couture who clinches and pushes dos Santos against the cage
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Couture and Junior dos Santos are cliched up against the cage. Couture hammers dos Santos face and hooks dos Santos leg
Junior dos Santos is on his back after that trip
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture struggles on the ground and tries to break Junior dos Santos's guard...
dos Santos doesn't want to free his opponent and Couture continues in closed guard
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Couture's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Couture tries to cover his face,
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Couture's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Couture blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
dos Santos clumsily fails here and it's time for Randy Couture to fight back!
Good looking punches from Randy Couture on the ground
They could take their toll on dos Santos.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Junior dos Santos doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Couture's moves.
Josh Rosenthal halts the fight to stand up Randy Couture. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Couture begins to launch a barrage of punches over dos Santos
this is getting worse and worse for dos Santos
Couture decides to launch some tentative punches
dos Santos launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Couture with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
The clock says 1:35 in the 2 round
Randy Couture attempts a sweep single...
Randy Couture catches Junior dos Santos's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Couture.
Crushing shot to dos Santos's body! He's holding his side
Randy Couture is in closed guard over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
The clock says 1:50 in the 2 round
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos
dos Santos has given his back to Randy Couture who is trying to get one hook in!
dos Santos struggles in the ground trying to break Couture's control
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
There is a small laceration on Junior dos Santos's Forehead
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos with one hook in
Couture delivers a few accurate elbows!
dos Santos is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
dos Santos's Right eye is beginning to swell
Couture is in rear mount over dos Santos with two hooks in
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Randy Couture can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Randy Couture throws down elbows...
He's tearing up dos Santos's face with those brutal elbows! dos Santos needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Josh Rosenthal is asking dos Santos to defend himself! Josh Rosenthal jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for dos Santos.
dos Santos's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Randy Couture by TKO (GnP) at 2:13 Round 2
Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 8/10 (80%)
Kicks 0/2 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 13/21 (62%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 292 s
Statistics: Randy Couture
Punches 6/10 (60%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 26/45 (58%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 292 s
COuture did his thing and beat upon JDS until victory came crawling back to Randy.