PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skoal Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santiago
vs
Citrus

176 cm
24
135 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

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Decent elbows
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skoal Citrus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Citrus looks to score with a jab to the body but Santiago is just out of range.
Citrus scores with a jab. Santiago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Skoal Citrus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Citrus lands with a nice body punch.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago avoids the head kick by Citrus.
Citrus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Citrus with a nice cross.

It looks like Joe Santiago has been cut.
Santiago doesn't manage to clinch there - Citrus circles away.
Santiago moves away from the strike by Citrus.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Citrus keeps it at a distance.
Citrus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Citrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Citrus misses with a body shot.
Citrus throws out a loose jab but Santiago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Citrus keeps the fight on the outside.
Citrus misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Citrus circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Citrus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santiago.
Santiago on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Citrus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Citrus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Citrus darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Citrus misses with a straight left.
Citrus fails to land with a series of punches.
Citrus tests Santiago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santiago defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Citrus.
Citrus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Santiago is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Citrus misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Citrus shoots in looking for a takedown. Santiago tries to sprawl out of it but Citrus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santiago manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Santiago closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Santiago using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Santiago tries to land knees in the clinch but Citrus avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Santiago.
Santiago is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Citrus is defending well for now.

Citrus manages to break the clinch.
Citrus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santiago avoids the body shot from Citrus.
Citrus throws a body punch but Santiago moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Citrus ducks under a wild hook from Santiago.
Citrus throws a big shot that misses.
Citrus fails to land with a series of punches.
Santiago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Citrus.
Citrus looks to score with a jab to the body but Santiago is just out of range.
Santiago jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Citrus gets a takedown into half guard.
Santiago is trying to maintain the position but Citrus is very close to passing his half guard.
Citrus not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago is trying to control but can't.
Citrus content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Citrus moves into full mount! Santiago won't be happy about that!
Santiago is looking to get to half guard.

Citrus has hold of Santiago's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Santiago manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Santiago wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santiago is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Santiago is in a horrible position here. Citrus smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skoal Citrus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Santiago's cut.
That's time! Santiago's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Citrus circles away from the clinch attempt.
Citrus scores with a nice head shot.
Citrus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oh Santiago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Citrus looks to score with a jab to the body but Santiago is just out of range.
Santiago seems to have got his legs back now.
Santiago blocks a head kick by Citrus.
Citrus takes a swing at Santiago's ribcage but misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Citrus throws a one two combo.
Citrus swinging wilding here.
Citrus drops Santiago with a huge uppercut! Santiago drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Citrus is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Skoal Citrus!