PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harrison King has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Santos
vs
King

169 cm
29
145 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

168 cm
28
133 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gustavo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harrison King!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

King takes the fight into the clinch.
King tries to pull guard but Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually King drops back down to his feet.
King cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. King is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

King pulls guard.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Santos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
King is adopting a defensive guard.

King throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now King is on top in guard.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Santos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from King.
Santos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santos looking for a sweep. Not yet Santos, not yet.
King throws a big elbow that misses.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but King can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
King working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
King stands up over Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Santos is on top in guard.
Santos tries to stand but King is controlling from the bottom.
King keeping full guard, as Santos tries to pass.
King looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos pushes down on King's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
King trying to control but Santos postures up.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Santos sits in half guard.
King keeping control of the position.
Santos is stalling here. King is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Santos seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and King has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
King trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
King lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King looks up at the clock and then as Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, King smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
King throws a strike aimed at the side of Santos's head but Santos avoids it well.
King lands an elbow.
King in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
King misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santos parries the strikes from King easily there. King is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santos to escape.
King connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Santos some visible discomfort.
King working away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King laying and praying for a moment but Santos takes advantage and regains half guard.
Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison King dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

King tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch there but King circles away.

King closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
King prevents a takedown attempt there.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gustavo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
King lands a jab to the nose.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.

King manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Santos on his heels. He'll look to pass Santos's guard now, I'm sure.
Santos trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
King with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King distracts Santos with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
King trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santos keeping full guard, as King tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
King stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harrison King has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Santos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
King stopping the sweep attempt from Santos.
King trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
King is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Harrison King was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King lands a jab to the head.
King jabs Santos right on the nose. Santos blinks but takes it well.

King drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but King connects with a decent elbow.
Santos is trying to get back to half guard.
King throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Santos is looking for a sweep.
King grinds an elbow into Santos's temple.

King working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
King controlling the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
King throws an elbow but Santos slips to the side and avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harrison King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santos misses with a shot to the body

and King holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The referee calls for Santos to work.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and King counters with a single leg into guard. Santos didn't expect that.
King throwing strikes but missing.

Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
King wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Santos has momentary wrist control but King slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Santos's guard.
King prevents Santos from improving his position.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.
King lands with a punch from half guard.
King uses his free foot to push down on Santos's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Santos.
Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
King lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
King controlling from the full mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King with the ground and pound from mount.
King landing punches.
King lands a nice shot to the head.
King lands with some strikes.
King looking to finish Santos with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santos!
King with shots to the head and body - Santos looks very uncomfortable down there.

Santos is rocked!
King lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
King working Santos over with strikes here.
Santos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
King with the ground and pound from mount.
King postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Santos in real trouble here! The ref calls for Santos to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison King!