Information Retrieved from Sherdog.com, Tony Loiseleur

Jorge Santiago avenged his November 2009 loss to Polish MMA standout Mamed Khalidov in the main event of Sengoku Raiden Championship 12 on Sunday, retaining his middleweight title after a close five rounder.

The explosive Khalidov started out by attacking the incumbent champion with a barrage of high-flying, high-risk maneuvers such as superman punches and high spinning back kicks. Santiago evaded or blocked all of the strikes to steal the first round by controlling the standup and securing top position.

Khalidov took over in the second and third periods. He took Santiago to the mat, where he tried to finish in style with lunging punches into Santiago's guard and spinning back stomps. Outside of several kimura attempts and a tight omaplata in the third round, Santiago had little offense in rounds two and three.

Santiago reasserted control in the fourth and fifth frames, however, taking advantage of Khalidov's fatigue. Though in danger from Khalidov's savage ground-and-pound toward the end of the fourth period, Santiago still threatened with submissions from the bottom. As this was Khalidov's first time going beyond the 15-minute mark in a fight, his final burst of offense toward the end of the fourth round left him completely spent. Santiago took it to him on the feet in the final round, opening a cut over the inside of the challenger's right eye with two knees to the face from the clinch.

Congratulations to Jorge!!! Great performance and an awesome victory for him and ATT!!!