PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Santos Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joakeem Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Taylor's choice of entrance music: You Make Me Sick by Egypt Central. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Santos Jr
vs
Taylor

166 cm
25
142 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
143 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mauricio Santos Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joakeem Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor swinging wildly here.
Santos Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.

Santos Jr closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Taylor did well to prevent Santos Jr getting side control.
Taylor wants to improve his position but Santos Jr is controlling well.
Santos Jr lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Santos Jr lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Santos Jr.

Taylor looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Santos Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Taylor is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos Jr.
Santos Jr controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos Jr lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Santos Jr is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Santos Jr is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Taylor taking some punishment here, with Santos Jr in his half guard.
Santos Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Santos Jr is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santos Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Santos Jr 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 two minutes gone in the round.

Santos Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Taylor looking for submissions off his back.

Santos Jr wants to work for an arm triangle but Taylor is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Santos Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Taylor really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos Jr working Taylor over with strikes.

Santos Jr is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Taylor sees it coming and defends easily.
Santos Jr winds up and cracks Taylor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos Jr seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Taylor is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Mauricio Santos Jr!