Rafael Fiziev vs Rafael Dos Anjos | FREE FIGHT | UFC Vegas 79

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luck 32 appearance in the UFC for that
man hael dos sanjos seventh ranked in
the underdog to the 10th ranked rapael
FIV
first time in the career of rapael pivi
scheduled for 25
minutes dos sanjos in his 11th UFC
headliner
ready dos Sandro saying this week there
are levels to this game I'm not looking
past him but I know I'm going to beat
him well what we saw just right there is
one of the primary weapons that phiv has
it's the kicks now granted dos anos he
can kick with the best of them but the
kicks are phive they're fast they're
frequent and they're
powerful but it's the timing of the
takedowns that dos anos has listen
everybody talks about takedowns and they
talk about fiva a 95% take down defense
but he hasn't been against somebody that
blends the stand up with the grappling
as well as dos
anos doesn't mean he can't stop it just
means he hasn't had this level of test
yet dos sano's last fought earlier this
year in Las Vegas at UFC 272 against
hanato moano in a five round co-main
event at the pay-per-view card he was
scheduled to fight phiv in the main
event back in
February and then they pushed it to UFC
272 FIB was unable to go and dos Sandos
didn't want to waste the training camp
the most important thing think for him
is to stay active yeah absolutely and
certainly at 37 years old if he's trying
to achieve what he wants be the champion
he can't be wasting time you know he
can't sit on the sidelines for six nine
months you know he's got to
go and regarding that fight against
moano I mean what a display of dominance
granted moano turned it on and had the
crowd on the feet in the fifth round
because it was a beat down it was
one-sided but then in the fifth round
moano you know summoned up the energy to
you know to fire it back and gain some
respect so well done to him but do Sanz
was on fire that
night before that it was a long
layoff alel do Sandro fighting in
November of 2020 against Paul Felder our
good friend in a main event five rounds
he largely did this he really used his
fight IQ to back up his opponent known
for his striking and make get a
grappling match along the
fence and this is one of the problems I
mean trying to get a takedown like this
it becomes I mean obviously it strategy
and it skill and all the rest of it but
essentially you need your opponent to
almost kind of make a mistake if you
shoot in the open and you time it
perfect those takedowns will be far more
successful F do Sanz I'd even
contemplate breaking away from this
getting back in the open to the Striking
range and trying try the entry again
FIV able to
break oh that's nice KNE with a
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right RDA returns to the body and now
they're just trading to the body fingers
fizzy fingers
fizzy fizzy with the
fingers flly the attemp was very
close FIV known as a longtime member of
tiger Muay Thai out in Thailand as he
throws a quick combination but also
spends a lot of time in Florida Sanford
MMA now Kil Cliff FC Nick lent UFC
veteran in his Corner as is Henry hoof
and he's also worth pointing out that at
those Muay Thai James out in PUK you
know tiger Muay Thai PUK top team they
have like a complete arsenal of coaches
it's not just Muay Thai you know they
have wrestling they have jiujitsu they
have everything you need to be a good
martial artist or a mixed martial
artist see what I'm saying that's a
little bit attemp but again well
defended so far by
FIV or as Mark Smith says fizzy I like
it well it's worth repeating the
takedown defense for phiv is
95.5% in UFC history the only one with
better takedown defense is kamaru
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Usman so that's big time company because
obviously you'd say you can get PH down
you get a fish out of water but hasn't
been hasn't been easy to do never been
much of a fisherman myself neither have
I tried it 10 times with Lucas never
caught a single
thing elbow for phiv timed it really
well you can see the power that physique
possesses
got that right loaded oh KCK to the body
and that left stumbled RDA for a moment
final 10 seconds of round one and that's
why he's the favorite in this match
up second round coming
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up all right guys second round fight's
on second round
underway there this what we talking
about
Twitter scorecards in favor of
phiv he may have won it with that kind
of final Exchange in the last 10 20
seconds of the round yeah he definitely
ate a few shots right at the end of the
round the Sanz landed a couple of kicks
failed on a couple of takedown attempts
I think yeah I don't close either
way there's a nice
Ki and it's phiv initiating the clinch
after he caught the kick of RDA now they
break yeah old habits die hard you know
tie boxing you can catch kicks you go
for sweeps and some clinch Maneuvers
but I poke to the right eye of
RDA we'll try to blink it out we'll try
to get another look as he has time to
recover doesn't appear to be bothering
him too
bad oh the thumb scrapes
across you good all right hey stay here
stay here hey accidental all right up or
fist all right understand RDA good all
right to Man fight sanos ready to go
after a 30 second halt in the
action now they're throwing with some
heat right in the center there's a nice
left by
R chases the Tak down I don't know how
they'll score that one but RDA to the
back
nonetheless it's a better position for
RDA as opposed to fighting from the
hooks against the fence he can kick the
legs out here they just tried it there
even jump to the back switch to a double
nicely defended by FIV though he's in a
good defensive posture here got one good
under
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hook no takedown awarded there for dos
sanos as
FIV finds his way off the fence again
three minutes to go round
two there's a nice little job
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body head follows with a
kick another quick combination yeah I
like that uppercut left hook didn't
particularly land flush but he still got
through oh just peppering the shots now
as fzy finds his
range ooh nice jab from dos sandros on
the
return there's the timing there it is
look at that how about that very nice
cuz it looks like he was about to hit
the
canvas kicked
through
nice
Top 10 rankings at stake here between
these two at 155
lbs the most recent Champion Charles
Oliva is in the building to take a look
at perhaps the next wave of
Challengers well the the talent in the
lightweight division is ridiculous I
mean one to 10 of course we know it's
absolutely star studed but 10 to 20 I
mean it literally is it's out of control
I mean we saw a couple of weeks ago
Arman s Ruki and the mat gam what a
fight that was Jaylen Turner off a big
win inside of a minute last week over
Brad videll he's joined the
party it's a nice little knee by aier
there oh nice uppercut to lead that
combination for the Brazilian
but the question was for FIV how would
he handle the well-rounded game of
Rafael dos Andros and so far he has
passed every test when it comes to the
grappling yeah absolutely doing very
good that one had a bit of spice on it
oh oh and that one quick three punch
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combination
I mean you can see when you look at v
he's very thick compared to
RDA a lot of muscle you can see he's
very very strong for the way
class Final 10 of round
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two 10 minutes in the books in our main
event and some blood coming from the
right arm of hael
doso all right we'll try to get a look
at that right arm it's on the back side
of the forearm of jafael Dos sandros I
would assume it came from blocking the
kick there it is you heard the corner
say don't block the kicks get out of
range there was the shin connecting with
the elbow just like the way an elbow
would cut to the forehead or the eyebrow
bone on bone never mixes well and the
skin always pays the price so but still
it's nothing to worry about it's just a
little neck on the elbow you know you're
curious in between round you like oh my
arm's bleeding but you don't that has
left his mind right now he's not
thinking about the blood on his elbow I
SZ has had blood pouring from his ear
for six months in the gym and still
showed up and just put a head gear on
every day to spar he had to have about
three surgeries I think just to have it
heal and now he has phive within the
grasp we heard the corner telling him
don't block the kicks though stay out of
range on the kicks that's got to be a
tough habit to break within the fight
yeah and it's also tough to actually
achieve whether or not it's a habit you
know what I mean because kicks a long
range attack stepping out of range you
know obviously it's easier to block and
if you do block oh it's close here kick
those
legs if he does block he's then in range
to land his own counters but hey Andre
pin is an absolutely legendary coach and
there we go he's finally got him down
for the first time if you can get that
left leg around cuz he's got one hook in
defense is his enemy there no take down
credited for dos andos there as
more defense played by phiv oh actually
they did give him a takedown excuse me
yeah his backside hit the canvas
obviously didn't do anything with it
though which is he did not do anything
with big measurable of what the judges
are told to look
at RDA let's go work right there Pro
looking up at the
screen to plot his next move as he looks
to get back to
space so he's trying to pull the single
leg run the P nicely done by
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phiv nice
left
do you think the game plan was to
wrestle a little
bit smart though I safe to say yep
y I mean it does show that phive is kind
of special CU typically RDA you know I
mean look at last time against Mo timed
them perfectly and there was almost zero
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resistance
of course pH also fought mono that
ended much more dramatically in favor
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of phiv less than two minutes away from
New Territory if we enter a fourth
round
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another
Exchange in close quarters as now phiv
with outside position
here dos Sandos one for 10 on takedown
attempts and of course the one that he
did
get didn't last but a few
seconds yeah technically a take down but
but didn't really give him any advantage
in the
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fight I like that LE KNE very
nice oh nice jab for
Janos distance strikes in favor of
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phiv
largely trading right in the center for
the latter stages round
three and now we'll start getting some
answers on the cardio of Rafael phiv as
we
enter rounds four and five
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potentially oh yeah so here we go do
angel pushing the pace
Landing the knees there essentially
trying to get the Tak down but just kind
of failed now we've got phiv Landing
some good shots both guys had a little
success on the feet very very close
round being told by our translator that
during that third round
panys still urging Rafael dos Sandos to
stay out of range of any
kicks don't
block another check from Mark Smith on
that gash on the back of the right
forearm UFC veteran Nick lent the lead
corner of rapael phiv saying put your
punches together a little bit more but
they're certainly pleased with what
they've seen through the first 15
minutes first fourth round of the career
of rapael FIV well this is where the
experience of RDA could possibly pay off
now typically you know you might think
the guy that has a mid five rounds might
be an issue I don't think going to be an
issue at all when I look at for z i see
a guy that's still in good shape a guy
that doesn't look like he's going to
slow down and have any issues with his
cardio or conditioning in any
way take down defense 10 of 11
91% let's go work there prove that
position
R and this is why you see there Mark
Smith stepping in a little bit quicker
you know at first they will allow them
quite a bit of time against the fence to
see if they're going to be capable of
achieving the takeown but when the
history of the fight shows that every
time they get there and they can't get
the taked down the amount of time they
will allow on the fence will get less
and less as we saw there that was pretty
quick next time it'll be quick
again do andr changed levels just for a
moment FIV easily reverses that this
one's a little different because now
it's phive in the driver SE pushing up
against the
fence let's go fizy work
there right in front of the corner of
hael do Sandro says he looks for a way
out let's
go there's the to Center oh oh there we
go there the left from RDA the best
shots of the night for RDA and that's
what he needs more of you know I
mean do anos can compete on the feet
with this man we see that I think you
know certainly judge him but the numbers
86 to
87 in favor of do Sanchez but the
significant strikes according to the
numbers is 65 to 49 either way it's very
close you know if I'm R I'm
I'm I wouldn't go to the takedown well
quite so often you know I I try and land
the flying knees I try and land the head
kicks believeing the stand
up and the output of phiv has gone down
considerably but the wrestling it could
be a factor for phiv as you just said
the output has dropped and he spent more
time in this position yeah trying to
just control and
you know and again this is where
experience pays
off there's a nice little left oh that
was close that was great timing able to
keep balance again really nice balance
exactly that was the
key this is a better round for do angel
here I mean they've all been very very
close
rounds
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corner of jandro
saying phiv is getting tired as dandras
lands a nice punch to the body and
follows it up this is his best one there
it is Big take
down I mean he timed that one well he
got the hands together ph's working his
way up here do Sand's got 1 minute 10 to
work and make this
pay see the way he's got the legs kind
of
triangled well one of rapael ph's
Victories is a win over Bobby green in a
fight of the night at UFC 265 in Houston
and he was feeling it in the third
round to your point the experience of
five rounds looms large
now with DOs Sandos enjoying a nice
fourth round and five more minutes to go
yeah yeah and as I said before phiv does
carry more muscle that definitely in a
longer fight takes a
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tll he's just trying to get him off that
fence trying to suck him off the fence
trying to turn him to the side obviously
pH leaning against the fence and that's
an issue for dos Angel can't establish a
position you know to rain down any form
of ground and pound can't look for any
kind of submissions cuz he's got to get
his back on the canvas right now that's
impossible with the position he's in
he's going to turn it or drag him away
but easier said than
done finally to his feet and eats one
for his trouble big fourth from the
former
champion and here we go Das angel with a
beautiful flying knee caught him off
guard didn't quite connect flush but
followed up with a nice left hand that
definitely found the Mark here he gets
his his first solid take down slams him
down and a nice elbow on the break and
it certainly appears pH is slowing here
going into the fifth and Final Round
well that is the message from Andre
pineres to haa dos anos they say empty
the tank in these Final 5 minutes and
perhaps the fight hangs in the balance
here after four rounds are in the
books oh there's a good left from RDA
now phys oh big left gets him down and
that's it my how quickly that happened
fifth round finish for Raphael PIV he's
moving on up in the top
10 I mean one shots all it takes seemed
like dos SOS was okay but he looks a
little dazed and confused right now
major urgency to start round five on
each side and it was phiv who found the
fight ending shot
let's take a look at this right here so
fifth round jumps him with a knee right
left hook drops him hard let's take a
look here bomb that gets through oh man
accurate on that right to the ground
yeah it was a heavy shot Mark Smith is a
fantastic referee he's up way closer
than us obviously saw the eyes roll back
the head hit the canvas hard boom yeah
yeah well done ha
very tough for victory pulled it out the
bag in round five Corner loves
it the celebration is on in the Octagon
for Rafael FIV who paid his respects to
somebody he watched perform in the UFC
for years but the moment is his to make
it official here's Joe
Martinez well ladies and gentlemen the
end comes officially 18 seconds round
number five we have your winner by way
of knockout