PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Linus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos
vs
Linus

197 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
250 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 Sydney, Daniel Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Linus!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Linus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Santos lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.

Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Linus looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Linus parries the strikes from Santos easily there. Santos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Linus to escape.
The ground and pound from Santos seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Linus's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Santos cracks Linus with a big right hand but Linus just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Linus's face as Santos controls the position.
Linus defending against the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linus gets back to half guard.
Santos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Santos connects with a nice short shot to Linus's temple.
Santos missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Linus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Santos.
Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to free his trapped foot but Linus is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Linus is refusing to be controlled, as Santos sits in half guard.
Linus looks gassed!
Santos is taking a breather. Linus says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Linus has hold of Santos's hands but Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linus wants to get back to his feet.
Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Linus looks like he's trying to stand up.
Linus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Linus defending well though.
Linus blocking the ground and pound attempt from Santos.
Linus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Linus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Santos forces Linus back against the cage and clinches.
Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santos seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Linus fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Linus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Linus.

Santos forces Linus back against the cage and clinches.
A knee to the head by Santos.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Santos as Linus tries to tie him up.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Linus's face.
Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Linus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos connects with a looping right hand.
Linus is breathing heavily.
Santos lands a head kick!

Santos instigates a clinch.

Linus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos tries to clinch up.
Linus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Santos drives through and clinches with Linus against the cage.
Santos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos connects with the punch.
Santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Linus as he jumps to the side.
Santos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Santos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Santos moves into range and clinches up with Linus.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Linus.
Linus is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Linus down to the mat. Linus avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Linus misses with a hook.

Santos clinches.
Linus prevents the takedown attempt.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Linus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Linus has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Linus fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.

Linus gets caught flat footed, as Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Linus manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Linus wants to get up but he can't break Santos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos has Linus pulled in close to control his posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Santos kicks Linus off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Santos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Linus's hands.

Santos has closed the distance and engaged Linus in a clinch.
Linus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Linus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Santos clinches up against the cage.
Santos is stalling here.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Linus blocks it.
Linus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Linus throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Santos breaks the clinch.
Linus avoids the head kick by Santos.

Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Linus gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.

Linus successfully pulls guard.
Santos throws and elbow that misses. Linus uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Santos's guard. Nice move by Linus!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Linus preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Santos has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Linus off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

Santos has Linus up against the cage in a clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Linus fails to land with a series of punches.
Linus keeps the fight on the outside.
Linus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.

Santos clinches up against the cage.
Linus trying to control the position but instead, Santos has worked for underhooks and has pushed Linus into the cage.
Linus wants to break free but Santos has control.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Linus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Linus takes a kick to the side of the head.

Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Linus misses with the head strike.

Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Santos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Linus can do to turn this around?
Linus taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ben Linus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linus managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Santos.

Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Linus is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Santos is controlling him well.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Linus!
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Linus can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
Santos lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos looking to finish Linus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Linus!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos raining down shots from the mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Santos!