PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tank King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Santos
vs
King

173 cm
29
155 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

180 cm
20
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tank King!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Santos on that attempt.

Santos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Santos drops back looking for a leg! King is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and King manages to kick Santos off! Santos jumps back into King's guard.
Santos pushes down on King's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Santos wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The fighters are battling for position here. King manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Santos preventing the sweep.

Santos stands up from King's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
King throws a chopping leg kick but Santos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King scores with a shot to the body.
King misses with a low kick.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos checks a low kick from King.

Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Santos is looking for submissions but instead, King has regained full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Santos trying to control but King is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from King.
King not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
King is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
King is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.

Santos actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King trying to control from half guard but Santos is working away.

Santos has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for King. Oh but Santos has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! King goes limp - he's gone! Santos jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Andre Santos!
Andre Santos took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.