PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kain Highwind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tooz Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tooz Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Highwind
vs
Santana

176 cm
22
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

168 cm
27
138 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kain Highwind!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tooz Santana!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana tries to clinch up
and Highwind counters with a stiff right hand.
Highwind throws a body punch but Santana moves out of range.
Highwind bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santana closes the distance looking to clinch
and Highwind makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Highwind clinches with his opponent.
Santana is trying to push Highwind away but Highwind has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Highwind lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santana.
Santana prevents a body shot from Highwind.
Highwind utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Good body shot from Highwind.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Highwind tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santana avoids it.
Santana takes a shot to the head.
Highwind misses with a body punch.
Highwind tries to land knees in the clinch but Santana avoids the damage to the body.
Highwind creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santana's defenses.
Highwind lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Highwind slows down the pace here.
Highwind has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.
Highwind lands a body punch.
Santana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Highwind lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Highwind.

Santana manages to break the clinch.
Santana tries to clinch but Highwind is having none of it.
Santana tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Highwind counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Santana doesn't manage to clinch there - Highwind circles away.
Santana closes the distance looking to clinch
and Highwind counters with a good, hard body kick but Santana shrugs it off.
Santana tries to clinch there but Highwind circles away.
Santana tries to clinch up but Highwind circles away and keeps his distance.
Santana misses with a low kick.
Highwind scores with a one two! Santana had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Highwind counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Highwind misses with a head kick.
Santana works over Highwind's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Kain Highwind has been cut.
Santana has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Highwind.
Highwind circles away from the clinch attempt
and Highwind counters with a nice leg kick.
Santana tries to clinch but Highwind moves away
and Highwind counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Highwind keeps the fight on the outside.
Santana darts in trying to clinch
and Highwind counters with a nice low kick that buckles Santana's knee momentarily.
Highwind lands with a cross.
Santana looks to clinch
and Highwind counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Highwind is looking to slow Santana down with leg kicks.
Santana tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Highwind counters with a left to the body.
Santana darts in trying to clinch
and Highwind counters with a nice low kick that buckles Santana's knee momentarily.
Santana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Highwind swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santana tries to clinch but Highwind moves out of range.
Highwind ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Santana misses with the combination.
Highwind moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Highwind circles away from the clinch attempt
and Highwind counters with a big head kick but Santana shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Highwind dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kain Highwind's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Santana tries to clinch

and Highwind holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Highwind has Santana pressed against the cage, preventing Santana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santana takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Highwind creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Highwind lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Highwind lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Highwind will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santana up against the cage.
Highwind seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Highwind trying to land knees to the body.
Highwind misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Highwind tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santana's elbow.
Highwind lands a damaging elbow.
Highwind tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santana can't break the clinch.
Highwind throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Santana can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Highwind.
Highwind misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santana.
Knees to the body from Highwind.
Highwind softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Santana is trying to break the clinch but Highwind is controlling him.
Highwind stalls.
Highwind gets through Santana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Highwind goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Come on Highwind - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Highwind lands an elbow that stopped Santana in his tracks for a moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Highwind creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Highwind slows down the pace here.
The referee calls for Santana to work.
Highwind misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Highwind stalling.
Highwind struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Highwind lands an elbow that stopped Santana in his tracks for a moment.
Highwind lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Santana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Highwind is working Santana over against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Highwind takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Highwind tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Highwind back against the cage.
Highwind lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Santana.
Santana is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana wants to get back to striking at distance but Highwind won't allow it.
Highwind tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Highwind lands with a short shot to the head.
Highwind comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Santana takes a shot to the head.
Knees to the body from Highwind.
Highwind struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Highwind scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santana can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Highwind missing with knees to the body.
Highwind working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Santana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Highwind dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kain Highwind's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Santana moves to clinch but Highwind breaks away
and Highwind counters with a two punch combo.
Highwind's corner calls for a 1-2. Highwind obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Santana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kain Highwind is winning the standup battle so far.
Santana darts in trying to clinch

and Highwind moves into the clinch.
Highwind throws a punch but it's blocked by Santana.
Santana prevents a body shot from Highwind.
Highwind prevents Santana from breaking the clinch.
Santana blocks an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Highwind.
Highwind will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santana up against the cage.
Highwind tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Highwind crunches a lovely knee into Santana's ribcage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Highwind.
Highwind struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Highwind keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santana's efforts to push away.
Highwind lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Santana wants to break free but Highwind has control.
Santana managing to block the knees to the body from Highwind.
Santana takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Highwind misses with a hook to the ribs.
Highwind can't find room to land a body shot as Santana controls the action.
Highwind lands a nice shot to the body.
Highwind scores with a shoulder strike.
Santana prevents a body shot from Highwind.
Santana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Highwind misses with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from Highwind on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Highwind.
A frustrated look appears on Santana's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Highwind struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Highwind keeps control of Santana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kain Highwind has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Highwind keeps control of Santana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Highwind lands a body punch.
Highwind struggles to land a body shot inside as Santana controls his hands.
Santana blocks a body shot from Highwind.
Still in the clinch, Highwind scores with a nice short uppercut.
Highwind lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Highwind tries a body shot but Santana blocks it.
Highwind has Santana pushed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Highwind as the two fighters clinch.
Santana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kain Highwind is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana can't break the clinch.
Highwind misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santana.
Highwind misses with a body punch.
Highwind tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santana blocks an uppercut.
Highwind just leaning against Santana, taking a breather.
Santana blocks a body shot from Highwind.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Highwind pushes Santana back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Santana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kain Highwind showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Highwind 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kain Highwind!