Leo Santos is crowned TUF Brazil 2 champion after submitting Macario
by Ben Heather @benheather
Firstly before I begin I am not going to lie to you all. I have not seen a single fight in the whole series of TUF Brazil 2 nor do I know anything about either fighter other than I have researched quickly on the Internet before this fight.
Leo Santos started his MMA career 11 years ago when he lost to Taknori Gomi, that fight is probably the biggest fight of his career before tonight. Since then he has worked his way through various promotions including fights with both BAMMA and Cage Warriors. He was supposed to fight Rob Sinclair for the BAMMA lightweight title before refusing to fly to the UK as he knew he wouldn't make weight.
He came in to the Finale with a 12-3 record and comes from the renowned Nova Uniao team which already boasts two UFC champions in Jose Aldo and Renan Barao.
William Macario came in to the fight with a 6-0 and is the third youngest fighter signed to the UFC.
The fight itself started of as a back and forth affair before Macario worked the clinch to pin Santos up against the cage. Santos then attempted a guillotine choke while still being pushed against the cage. It never really looked like causing Macario any trouble though and his head popped back out a couple of seconds later. The fight then moves off the fence and in to the middle of the octagon where a big exchange is made with both men landing big shots but taking them well.
Then two minutes in to the round Macario lands a trip which is where the fight stayed for nearly the next two minutes with Macario on top trying to find the room to move so he can let off his attacks. With just over a minute Santos gets off the mat and the fight goes back to Macario holding Santos on the cage again. With 45 seconds left the fight comes back in to the middle of the cage where Santos throws a powerful leg kick but Macarino catches it. The round ends with the two on the floor in the but no real action happened when it got to the mat.
The second round opened up with Santos coming out swinging both with some big punches but also with a high kick before shooting to try and take Macario down but did not succeed. Macario then gets hold of Santos and pins him up against the cage again. By this point Macario is looking very tired and cant hold Santos on the cage so he escapes and the fight works its way back to the middle of the octagon. Santos manages to get hold of a decent Muay Thai clinch and lands a good knee to the body of Macario.
Macario has now started to drop his hands and Santos is certainly making the most of this opportunity. However then Macario goes in for a takedown which succeeds and he ends up in the guard of Santos but halfway through the round the fight ends up back on its feet. Not too much action at this point before the fight goes back to the cage. This time Santos goes for the trip and looks to have Macario falling on to his back before he grabbed the cage and managed to pull himself in to top position. Marc Goddard and everyone else watching clearly saw it happen and so Marc stood the fighters up and warned Macario.
After the fight restarts the fighters go back to the cage and Macario is still holding Santos against the cage, but not for long as Santos gets a trip and throws Macario to the floor. As he lands, he lands in side control and only a couple of seconds Santos manages to get the full mount and from here as soon as he spotted the opportunity he made sure the fight wouldnt carry on as he choked Macario until he tapped and in the proces he came out of the fight as the new UFC TUF Champion.
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