PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gracie Santos (ranked 5359 p4p, 2878 weight class) and Chris Tosanesti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Santos
vs
Tosanesti

185 cm
27
250
0 - 0 - 0

202 cm
26
266
11 - 10 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gracie Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Tosanesti!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tosanesti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santos has his takedown stuffed

and Tosanesti counters with a head kick that drops Santos to the mat! Santos scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Santos is rocked!

Santos scores with a takedown into Tosanesti's guard.

Tosanesti looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Tosanesti is retaining full guard.
Santos trying to control but Tosanesti is working from the bottom.
Santos won't allow Tosanesti to sweep him here.

Tosanesti is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tosanesti bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santos's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosanesti throws an elbow that misses. Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tosanesti's guard. Nice move by Santos!

Santos looking to pass the guard.
Santos is working hard here to advance position.
Tosanesti throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Tosanesti looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tosanesti is keeping the position for now.
Santos trying to control but Tosanesti is working from the bottom.

Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tosanesti has his foot on Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Tosanesti looking for a sweep. Not yet Tosanesti, not yet.

Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Tosanesti lands an upkick as Santos stands over him.

Tosanesti throws his legs up looking for a submission but Santos uses it to pass to side control.
Santos tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosanesti tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.
Tosanesti prevents Santos from moving into mount.
Tosanesti is trying to get back to half guard.
Tosanesti gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Santos escapes and gets back to his feet.
Tosanesti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tosanesti stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tosanesti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tosanesti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santos scrambles back to his feet.
Tosanesti cracks a nice hook into Santos's ribs.
Tosanesti jabs Santos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tosanesti cracks Santos with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tosanesti throws a head kick but Santos moves out of range.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tosanesti but Tosanesti pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice side step and Tosanesti releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Santos fails with the takedown
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gracie Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tosanesti lands a head kick. Santos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tosanesti thuds his shin into the meat of Santos's side.
Tosanesti lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Tosanesti dominated that round.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tosanesti connects with a body shot.
Tosanesti scores with a kick to the body.
Tosanesti has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Tosanesti lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Tosanesti drops Santos with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Santos looks back up at him and smiles so Tosanesti waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Tosanesti sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tosanesti.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tosanesti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Santos takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Tosanesti circles away.
Tosanesti unleashes a big counter combination but Santos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Tosanesti drops Santos with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Santos looks back up at him and smiles so Tosanesti waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tosanesti is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Tosanesti wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chris Tosanesti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tosanesti scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Tosanesti swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Chris Tosanesti!
Our winner, Chris Tosanesti, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.